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Affective Epistemology
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Affective epistemology is based on the idea that there is a way of knowing which transcends, specific perceptual frames. This idea is predicated on affective components as indicating the quality of a given perception, thought form, or way of being in the consciousness of human beings and other sentient life.
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MindJava
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Providing insight into memory formation, cognition, and learning.
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Vision Laboratory Macquarie University
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Contains information about current research into human visual perception. Features material from some of the courses run by the psychology department and information about staff and students.s
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Chronological History of Vision Research
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Useful chronology by Jack Yellott.
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The Logarithmic Time Perception Hypothesis
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Logtime is the psychochronometric hypothesis that our age is our basis for estimating long time intervals, resulting in a perceived logarithmic shrinkage of our years as we grow older.
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Fechner Day 2001
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International Society for Psychophysics conference celebrating 200th birthday of Fechner, held in Liepzig. Program and full text of proceedings, in PDF.
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Godric's World - Sound
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A tutorial about sound that has many graphics that can be incorporated into a presentation or lecture on the topic.
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Optical Illusions by Psych ARTS
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We think we perceive objective reality, but perception is always altered by invisible biases. We are never free of the state-dependent bias, and so we are continually taken in by an illusion.
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The Manifold of Sense
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A survey of the discourse regarding emotions, sensations, and an attempt at producing an integrative approach to sensation and perception.
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Smarandache's Law
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An improvement of Weber's and Fechner's Laws on sensations and stimuli. A paradoxical complex, an optical illusion, and a test of intelligence.
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IllusionWorks
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A multimedia museum of optical and sensory illusions, with on-line demonstrations and explanations.
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Shilling, Russell - Spatial Audio and Human Factors Research
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Contains links laboratory research as well as links to the Navy Aerospace Experimental Psychology website, which Dr. Shilling edits.
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The Noh Mask Effect
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Demonstrates illusory facial expression perception with Japanese Noh masks. Links to publications about the effect.
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The Blanking Phenomenon
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Contains information on a visual illusion.
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J. Jason McAnany
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This site contains information pertaining to ongoing vision research.
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Mind Bluff
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A family-friendly collection of tactile illusions, mental deceptions, optical tricks, brain puzzlers, and feeling games to play on the self.
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Sensation and Perception Tutorials
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A small collection of tutorials and demonstrations in sensation and perception.
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Auditory Perception Cognition and Action Meeting: APCAM
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The goal of APCAM is to bring together researchers from various theoretical perspectives to present focused research on auditory cognition, perception, and action.
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The Moon Illusion Explained
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A relatively new theory is offered for the classic illusion that the moon's constant subtended visual angle of half a degree appears larger for the horizon moon than for the zenith moon.
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The Poggendorff Illusion
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A study attributing the illusion to summed effects of cardinal axes in the observer's field of view and of salient axes in the figures.
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Neuhoff, John - Auditory Perception Research
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Electronic reprints of relevant publications on pitch, loudness, localization, and auditory display. (College of Wooster, USA)
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Optical Flow Estimation Bibliography
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Mainly algorithms (up-to-date; compiled by Laurenz Wiskott at The Salk Institute).
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Mind Hacks
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Neuroscience and psychology tricks discussed and perhaps explained. Companion site to the "Mind Hacks" book by Tom Stafford and Matt Webb.
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Some Visual Illusions
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This site shows a range of common visual illusions along with a brief explanation of why they occur. It was originally prepared to show at a children's primary school as part of their study of sensory processing.
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Mind Hacks
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Neuroscience and psychology blog that highlights various research findings of the day and week.
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The Moon Illusion Explained
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Why our satellite looks big at the horizon and smaller when higher up.
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IllusionWorks
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A multimedia museum of optical and sensory illusions, with online demonstrations and explanations.
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Dates in Vision Science
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Chronological history of vision research.
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Noh Masks & Facial Expression Perception
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Demonstrates illusory facial expression perception in Noh masks, with link to a research article on the effect.
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Illusion Works
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A multimedia museum of optical and sensory illusions, with on-line demonstrations and explanations.
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