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Chapter: Hearing (NOBA)
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By Andrew J. Oxenham, University of Minnesota.Hearing allows us to perceive the world of acoustic vibrations all around us, and provides us with our most important channels of communication. This module reviews the basic mechanisms of hearing, beginning with the anatomy and physiology of the ear and a brief review of the auditory pathways up to the auditory cortex. An outline of the basic perceptual attributes of sound, including loudness, pitch, and timbre, is followed by a review of the principles of tonotopic organization, established in the cochlea. An overview of masking and frequency selectivity is followed by a review of the perception and neural mechanisms underlying spatial hearing. Finally, an overview is provided of auditory scene analysis, which tackles the important question of how the auditory system is able to make sense of the complex mixtures of sounds that are encountered in everyday acoustic environments.

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Psychology
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Author:
Maura Krestar
Date Added:
05/20/2021
Chapter: Multi-Modal Perception (NOBA)
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By Lorin Lachs, California State University, Fresno. Most of the time, we perceive the world as a unified bundle of sensations from multiple sensory modalities. In other words, our perception is multimodal. This module provides an overview of multimodal perception, including information about its neurobiology and its psychological effects.

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Psychology
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Maura Krestar
Date Added:
05/20/2021
Chapter: Sensation and Perception (NOBA)
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By Adam John Privitera, Chemeketa Community College. The topics of sensation and perception are among the oldest and most important in all of psychology. People are equipped with senses such as sight, hearing and taste that help us to take in the world around us. Amazingly, our senses have the ability to convert real-world information into electrical information that can be processed by the brain. The way we interpret this information-- our perceptions-- is what leads to our experiences of the world. In this module, you will learn about the biological processes of sensation and how these can be combined to create perceptions.

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Psychology
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Author:
Maura Krestar
Date Added:
05/20/2021
Chapter: Taste and Smell (NOBA)
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By Linda Bartoshuk and Derek Snyder, University of Florida. Humans are omnivores (able to survive on many different foods). The omnivore’s dilemma is to identify foods that are healthy and avoid poisons. Taste and smell cooperate to solve this dilemma. Stimuli for both taste and smell are chemicals. Smell results from a biological system that essentially permits the brain to store rough sketches of the chemical structures of odor stimuli in the environment. Thus, people in very different parts of the world can learn to like odors (paired with calories) or dislike odors (paired with nausea) that they encounter in their worlds. Taste information is preselected (by the nature of the receptors) to be relevant to nutrition. No learning is required; we are born loving sweet and hating bitter. Taste inhibits a variety of other systems in the brain. Taste damage releases that inhibition, thus intensifying sensations...

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Psychology
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Maura Krestar
Date Added:
05/20/2021
Chapter: The Vestibular System (NOBA)
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By Dora Angelaki and J. David Dickman, Baylor College of Medicine. The vestibular system functions to detect head motion and position relative to gravity and is primarily involved in the fine control of visual gaze, posture, orthostasis, spatial orientation, and navigation. Vestibular signals are highly processed in many regions of the brain and are involved in many essential functions. In this module, we provide an overview of how the vestibular system works and how vestibular signals are used to guide behavior.

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Psychology
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Maura Krestar
Date Added:
05/20/2021
Chapter: Touch and Pain (NOBA)
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By Guro E. Løseth, Dan-Mikael Ellingson, and Siri Leknes, University of Oslo, University of Gothenburg. The sensory systems of touch and pain provide us with information about our environment and our bodies that is often crucial for survival and well-being. Moreover, touch is a source of pleasure. In this module, we review how information about our environment and our bodies is coded in the periphery and interpreted by the brain as touch and pain sensations. We discuss how these experiences are often dramatically shaped by top-down factors like motivation, expectation, mood, fear, stress, and context. When well-functioning,...

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Psychology
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Maura Krestar
Date Added:
05/20/2021
Chapter: Vision (NOBA)
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By Simona Buetti and Alejandro Lleras, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Vision is the sensory modality that transforms light into a psychological experience of the world around you, with minimal bodily effort. This module provides an overview of the most significant steps in this transformation and strategies that your brain uses to achieve this visual understanding of the environment.

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Psychology
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Author:
Maura Krestar
Date Added:
05/20/2021
Discover Psychology 2.0 - A Brief Introductory Text
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This textbook presents core concepts common to introductory courses. The 15 units cover the traditional areas of intro-to-psychology; ranging from biological aspects of psychology to psychological disorders to social psychology. This book can be modified: feel free to add or remove modules to better suit your specific needs.

This book includes a comprehensive instructor's manual, PowerPoint presentations, a test bank, reading anticipation guides, and adaptive student quizzes.

Subject:
Psychology
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Material Type:
Textbook
Provider:
Diener Education Fund
Provider Set:
Noba
Author:
Cara Laney
David M. Buss
David Watson
Edward Diener
Elizabeth F. Loftus
Emily Hooker
George Loewenstein
Henry L. Roediger III
Jeanne Tsai
Kathleen B. McDermott
Mark E. Bouton
Max H. Bazerman
Richard E. Lucas
Robert Siegler
Robert V. Levine
Ross Thompson
Sarah Pressman
Sudeep Bhatia
Susan T. Fiske
Yoshihisa Kashima
Date Added:
12/08/2016
Psychology
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Psychology is designed to meet scope and sequence requirements for the single-semester introduction to psychology course. The book offers a comprehensive treatment of core concepts, grounded in both classic studies and current and emerging research. The text also includes coverage of the DSM-5 in examinations of psychological disorders. Psychology incorporates discussions that reflect the diversity within the discipline, as well as the diversity of cultures and communities across the globe.Senior Contributing AuthorsRose M. Spielman, Formerly of Quinnipiac UniversityContributing AuthorsKathryn Dumper, Bainbridge State CollegeWilliam Jenkins, Mercer UniversityArlene Lacombe, Saint Joseph's UniversityMarilyn Lovett, Livingstone CollegeMarion Perlmutter, University of Michigan

Subject:
Psychology
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Material Type:
Full Course
Provider:
Rice University
Provider Set:
OpenStax College
Date Added:
08/12/2021
Psychology, Introduction to Psychology, Contemporary Psychology
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By the end of this section, you will be able to:Appreciate the diversity of interests and foci within psychologyUnderstand basic interests and applications in each of the described areas of psychologyDemonstrate familiarity with some of the major concepts or important figures in each of the described areas of psychology

Subject:
Psychology
Material Type:
Module
Author:
OER Librarian
Date Added:
08/12/2021
Psychology, Introduction to Psychology, Introduction
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Opening image caption:Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior. (credit "background": modification of work by Nattachai Noogure; credit "top left": modification of work by U.S. Navy; credit "top middle-left": modification of work by Peter Shanks; credit "top middle-right": modification of work by "devinf"/Flickr; credit "top right": modification of work by Alejandra Quintero Sinisterra; credit "bottom left": modification of work by Gabriel Rocha; credit "bottom middle-left": modification of work by Caleb Roenigk; credit "bottom middle-right": modification of work by Staffan Scherz; credit "bottom right": modification of work by Czech Provincial Reconstruction Team)Psychology is designed to meet scope and sequence requirements for the single-semester introduction to psychology course. The book offers a comprehensive treatment of core concepts, grounded in both classic studies and current and emerging research. The text also includes coverage of the DSM-5 in examinations of psychological disorders. Psychology incorporates discussions that reflect the diversity within the discipline, as well as the diversity of cultures and communities across the globe.

Subject:
Psychology
Material Type:
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Author:
OER Librarian
Date Added:
08/12/2021
Sensation and Perception Activity/Project
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Purpose
In this chapter, you have learned about sensation and perception, our connection with the outside world. The purpose of this project is to investigate 1) how sensation and perception contribute to success in multiple areas of your daily life, 2) how the lack of functioning senses would be detrimental to people’s lives, and 3) how the nervous system is involved in sensation and perception.

Subject:
Psychology
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Material Type:
Homework/Assignment
Author:
Hawkes
Date Added:
05/12/2021
Video: Hearing
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An introduction to the sensation and perception anatomy and physiology necessary for hearing. Topics include sound localization, perception of pitch and frequency, and hearing loss, amongst others. Duration: 3:46.

Subject:
Psychology
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Material Type:
Lesson
Author:
Hawkes Learning
Date Added:
05/15/2021
Video: Sensation Versus Perception
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Highlights the differences and definitions of processes of sensation compared to those involved in perception. Major concepts of introductory sensation and perception are explained simply and clearly. Duration: 3:05.

Subject:
Psychology
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Material Type:
Lesson
Author:
Hawkes Learning
Date Added:
05/15/2021
Video: Taste, Smell, and Touch
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Taste (gustation), smell (olfaction), and touch sensory and perceptual processes. Vestibular sense, proprioception, and kinesthesia are also briefly introduced. Duration: 2:39.

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Psychology
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Material Type:
Lesson
Author:
Hawkes Learning
Date Added:
05/15/2021
Video: Vision
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An introduction to the major steps involved in seeing the world around you, involving the sensation, or biological, steps, as well as the perception, or psychological steps. Explanation of trichromatic theory, opponent processing theory, depth perception cues (monocular and binocular).
Duration: 3:37

Subject:
Psychology
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Material Type:
Lesson
Author:
Hawkes Learning
Date Added:
05/15/2021