Detecting a stimulus in the environment

The experience of the world around us processed through our sensory receptors

Organisation and interpretation of sensory information about the world

How sensory receptors turn sounds, smells, sights etc into signals sent to the brain

Sensation and perception are completely different

Perception and sensation do not depend on experience

Sensation and perception are one and the same thing

An image of an object contains all the information we need to understand it

Sensory receptors

Misinterpreted depth cues

Muller-Lyer

Ambiguity

The Ponzo Illusion

The Necker Cuber

The Muller-Lyer illusion

The Kanisza triange

Height in plane and occlusion

Convergence and retinal disparity

Auditory and visual

Ambiguity and relative size