Perception: Interpreting Sensation Based on Knowledge

sensory interaction

working together of different senses to create experience

McGurk effect

an error in perception that occurs when we misperceive sounds because the audio and visual parts of the speech are mismatched

synesthesia

an experience in which one sensation creates another

selective attention (inattention blindness)

ability to focus on some sensory inputs while tuning out others

perceptual constancy

ability to perceive a stimulus as constant despite changes in sensation

color constancy

produced by the perceptual system, taking sensory input and compensating for changes in lighting

size constancy

our eyes see objects that differ radically in size, but our perceptual system compensates for this