This robust website provides a multitude of interactive resources related to sensation and perception. (
http://epsych.msstate.edu/descriptive/index.html
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Are you looking for potential evidence of the existence of the unconscious? Visit this site to learn more about blindsight. Blindsight is characterized by an inability to consciously see with the ability to be influenced by objects in the field of vision. Participate in an interactivity and experience blindsight for yourself. (
http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/bb/blindsight.html
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Apply your critical thinking skills and visit this site on "reverse speech." What do you think? Does this site provide a scientific basis for their claims? (
http://www.reversespeech.com/words_of_creation.htm
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Visit this AllPsych page for a concise overview of sensation outlining the concepts of absolute threshold, signal detection theory, and sensory adaptation. (
http://allpsych.com/psychology101/sensation.html
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The Optical Illusions site provides a visual understanding of Gestalt's principles of perceptual organization. (
http://www.sapdesignguild.org/resources/optical_illusions/gestalt_laws.html
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On this site an image of television icon Homer Simpson aids viewers in understanding various principles of depth perception such as motion parallax, occlusion, and stereoscopic vision. (
http://www.stanford.edu/~matteoja/depth.html
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A study on user perception on web icon design for travel websites provides a concrete real-life example of the variances of perception between cultures. (
http://www.idemployee.id.tue.nl/g.w.m.rauterberg/conferences/CD_doNotOpen/ADC/final_paper...
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