PSYCHOLOGY APP OF THE WEEK The Stroop Effect PSYCHOLOGY APP OF THE WEEK The Stroop Effect (iOS and Android) FOR iOS (Apple iPhone and iPad) https://apps.apple.com/us/app/brain-test-stroop-effect/id791503877 FOR ANDROID DEVICES https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.goxler7.strooptest From Wikipedia “The Stroop effect is a demonstration of interference in the reaction time of a task. When the name of a color… Read more »
Posts Tagged: Sensation and Perception
Psychology Update — 3 articles related to the topic of Sensation and Perception
This week’s Psychology Update presents 3 articles related to the topic of Sensation and Perception. Though the articles focus on different sensory and perceptual systems, the studies are fascinating and demonstrate the importance of understanding Psychology and Behavior in the context of S&P. ARTICLE #1 TITLE How Do You Smell? | Science DESCRIPTION… Read more »
Psychology Update — 3 SPECIAL ARTICLES ABOUT ANIMAL BEHAVIOR
3 SPECIAL ARTICLES ABOUT ANIMAL BEHAVIOR ARTICLE #1 TITLE A Dog’s View of Optical Illusions Researchers are using visual tricks to try to better understand canine perception. DESCRIPTION This is a fascinating article for many reasons. Aside from the researchers curiosity, the idea of studying dogs and optical illusions give us more information… Read more »
Psychology Update — Vocal Cords: Why Do I Hate the Sound of My Own Voice?
TITLE Vocal Cords: Why Do I Hate the Sound of My Own Voice? DESCRIPTION When you speak, do you hear your voice as others hear it? When a person’s voice is played from a recording, most likely not, and as it turns out many are either upset, disappointed, and may not even recognize that… Read more »
Psychology Update — Scent loss and distortion due to COVID-19 shines new light on the nose
TITLE Scent loss and distortion due to COVID-19 shines new light on the nose DESCRIPTION The field of Psychology has long studied the topics of Sensation&Perception. We know that there are more than the five basic senses though most people can only name the five. Perhaps the sense of smell (the olfactory sense) doesn’t… Read more »
Psychology Update — See the Most Mind-Bending Optical Illusions of 2020
TITLE See the Most Mind-Bending Optical Illusions of 2020 DESCRIPTION This is really an amazing article that discusses optical illusions and can be useful when reading the introductory chapters and also the chapters on Sensation & Perception. “Optical illusions are the result of the human brain’s tendency to take shortcuts when trying to understand what… Read more »
Psychology Update — Why Covid-19 Patients Are Suffering From Distorted and Phantom Smells
TITLE Why Covid-19 Patients Are Suffering From Distorted and Phantom Smells DESCRIPTION One of the strangest problems of Covid-19 is the loss of the smell sense (anosmia) or worse a distorted repulsive sense of smell. “Of more than 4,000 respondents to a multilingual, international study of people with recent smell loss published in Chemical… Read more »
Psychology Update — 3 ARTICLES COVERING SENSATION AND PERCEPTION
3 ARTICLES COVERING SENSATION AND PERCEPTION ARTICLE #1 TITLE Here’s How to Get Rid of a Bad Aftertaste DESCRIPTION While this may seem like an unusual article for Psychology class, it is included because there are very few articles in the news regarding the gustatory or sense of taste. This article will make students… Read more »
Psychology App of the Week — OPTICAL ILLUSIONS
PSYCHOLOGY APP OF THE WEEK NAME OPTICAL ILLUSIONS (for both iOS and Android) (scroll down for Android) OPTICAL ILLUSIONS ! (iOS: free) (Click on the icon to be taken to the webpage and iTunes store) DESCRIPTION FROM THE APPLE STORE An optical illusion (also called a visual illusion) is characterized… Read more »
Psychology Update — Laurel or Yanny? What We Heard From the Experts
TITLE Laurel or Yanny? What We Heard From the Experts DESCRIPTION Similar to the “controversy” over whether a dress was perceived as white and gold or blue and black. (New York Times, February 27, 2015, http://tinyurl.com/yatuo6jd), another debate has arisen over how words have been auditory perceived. The controversy involves whether listeners hear a… Read more »
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