Distal stimulus — The distal stimulus (or distal object), the proximal stimulus, and percept are three concepts used to describe perception.The distal stimulus is the stimulus of an object as it actually exists in the real world.The distal stimulus provides… … Wikipedia
Perception — For other uses, see Perception (disambiguation). Perceptual redirects here. For the Brian Blade album, see Perceptual (album). Robert Fludd s depiction of perception (1619) … Wikipedia
Jerry Fodor on mental architecture — Jerry Fodor is notable for his important and influential ideas on a hypothesized structure of the mind or, what has often been called mental architecture. Contents 1 Fodor and Chomsky 2 Why modularity matters 2.1 Gibson and the inferential thesis … Wikipedia
Percept — A perception is a philosophical term which roughly means an individual s observation/perception of something external to one s self; more specifically, the resultant of perceiving. It is the representation of an external event that affected the… … Wikipedia
Vijñāna — Translations of vijñāna English: consciousness, mind, life force, discernment Pali … Wikipedia
Ecological validity (perception) — The ecological validity of a sensory cue in perception is the correlation between the cue (something an organism might be able to measure from the proximal stimulus) and a property of the world (some aspect of the distal stimulus). For example,… … Wikipedia
Visual Angle Illusion — The visual angle, V degrees, subtended by a viewed object sometimes looks larger or smaller than its actual value, creating a visual angle illusion (V illusion).These V illusions have been explicitly described by many vision researchers,… … Wikipedia
regeneration — /ri jen euh ray sheuhn/, n. 1. act of regenerating; state of being regenerated. 2. Electronics. a feedback process in which energy from the output of an amplifier is fed back to the grid circuit to reinforce the input. 3. Biol. the restoration or … Universalium
Reflex — A reaction that is involuntary. The corneal reflex is the blink that occurs with irritation of the eye. The nasal reflex is a sneeze. * * * 1. An involuntary reaction in response to a stimulus applied to the periphery and transmitted to the… … Medical dictionary
Referred pain — is a term used to describe the phenomenon of pain perceived at a site adjacent to or at a distance from the site of an injury s origin. One of the best examples of this is during ischemia brought on by an angina pectoris, or heart attack. Even… … Wikipedia
