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15 Cards in this Set
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G. Bekesy
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traveling wave theory of pitch perception (partially supported Helmholtz's place-resonance theory)
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G. Berkeley |
studied depth cues |
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D. Broadbent |
filter theory of attention |
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G. Fechner |
Fechner's law: intensity of stimulus & intensity of sensation |
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E. Gibson and R. Walk |
visual cliff - development of depth perception |
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J. Gibson |
also studied depth cues (esp. texture gradients) |
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Herman von Helmholtz |
Young-Helmholtz trichromatic theory of color; place-resonance theory of pitch perception |
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E. Hering |
opponent-process theory of color vision |
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D. Hubel and T. Wiesel |
feature detection in visual cortex; simple, complex, and hypercomplex cells |
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W. Kohler |
theory of isomorphism |
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R. Melzack and P. Wall |
gate theory of pain |
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S.S. Stevens |
Steven's law as an alternative to Fechner's law - intensity of stimulus v. sensation |
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John A. Swets |
ROC curves in signal detection theory |
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E. Wever and C. Bray |
volley theory of pitch perception - criticism of frequency theory of pitch |
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R. Yerkes and J. Dodson |
Yerkes-Dodson Law - performance best at intermediate levels of arousal |