Sensation and Perception Resources Overview of Psychology Introduction to Psychology Research Methods Developmental Processes ... Stress Other Links VCU Psych Department Forsyth's page Megasites in Psychology The page was developed by Donelson R. Forsyth , Professor, Department of Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University. The age-old question "If a tree falls in the wilderness, does it make a sound?" raises a host of psychologically interesting questions. The falling tree generates physical energy, but no psychological experience since no one can hear it. But how do physical events become psychological experiences? How intense must an event be before it is "sensed?" What are the limits of our senses? And how automatic are the processes that we rely on to gather information about the world? Visual Illusions
An incredible collection of illusions is available at illusionworks.com . Be prepared to spend hours looking over the material assembled here. Just for starters, it contains about every basic visual illusion known or studied: from illusions of movement, contour, and figure/ground to impossible figures. Each illusion is explained, AND you can control the illusion in java-based applets. The page also has analyses of very famous puzzles, such as the "trick mule puzzle," art that creates illusions (such as Escher's work). and some auditory illusions. This is a Frames enabled site. Java & Shockwave are required to view some of the interactive scientific demonstrations. | |
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