Face perception

Synesthesia is defined as the perception of a certain stimulus, which is called the inducer, that automatically results in an internally generated sensation, which is called the concurrent (van Leeuwen, 2013). It is an uncommon condition but there are many different types of synesthesia. The most common type is synesthesia is grapheme-colour (GC) synesthesia. GC synesthesia is when letters induce the perception of colours (Ramachandran & Hubbard, 2001). Just as there are different types of…

Twenty One Pilots’ album Blurryface captures the emotions and feelings almost everyone experiences, but is too afraid to express. With its multi-genre track list, Blurryface could not be identified as one genre due to the complexity of the melodies, off putting beat changes, and depressing lyrics. The album should have failed in the beast that is mainstream music. However, bandmates Tyler Joseph and Joshua Dun of Twenty One Pilots managed to take their polarizing sound and turn it into a…

Visualization and Mind-Independent Objects Visualization in its entirety is using different techniques to communicate a message through images, diagrams, animations etc. In producing these diagrams or images, data must be collected and organized to form the actual visualization. However, can we be sure that data collected are reliable? People may have different sense and experiences and collect different data from the same data source. If that is the case, then are our sense wrong or are the…

The purpose of chapter three in looking out, looking in is to show how communication creates one’s identity or in other words their “personality”. To elaborate further into this, the book explains that how one is communicated to can have an impact on what they think of themselves and how they present themselves. For example, small things such as how a child is show a lot of affection while another is shown little to none can affect them as stated earlier. The two most interesting main concepts…

himself, Robin Harlan as herself, Sarah Monat-Jacobs as herself, Josh McDermott as himself, Dr. Lera Bordoditsky as herself, Daniel Kish as himself, and Cathy Moss as herself, and two unnamed actors. This film is all about unlocking the senses and perceptions, helping the curious understand how the brain works, and making sense of the world around us. To create mind-bending sensory illusions,…

What is the significance of the title? Hint: allusion Throughout the poem Joy Kogawa alludes to the Berlin Wall, a fallen international barrier which was heavily guarded but still overcome. The title “Where There’s a Wall” stimulates imagery of barriers meant to separate people from one another, firmly establishing the topic. The titular phrase is also repeated twice throughout the poem, followed by detailed descriptions of how to penetrate walls. The allusion adds a real life example to the…

EXPLICATION I worked to achieve an ethereal, hazy effect so that the reader could focus on the implications of the main character's ability to see all the consequences of her actions. For most of us, it’s easy to see the present very clearly, easy to focus on the circumstances around us and the way they make us feel. It is easy to make a decision based on the most immediate effects, with perhaps a cursory thought towards future benefits. What is more difficult for the vast majority of people is…

“Isla” by Virgil Suarez is a powerful image of migration through the eyes of a young boy. Suarez uses this narrative, free-verse poem as a personal experience of his migration from Cuba. His reference to Godzilla helps the reader connect with his experience (Kirszner & Mandell, 2012). In the poem, Suarez begins by using allusions to make the poem more relevant to the reader. He references several children television programs putting the reader in a young mindset. The speaker is aware at an…

Perception in art represents the relation between the artwork and observing eye of the audience and how it affected his current state. It is the framework where we can link the art and the individual opinion about it. Perception depends mainly on the status if observation and evaluation of the art. There is not a universal perception that we could refer to, however, many variant parameters, including political, social, cultural, gender and racial. These parameters affect how we see art and what…

Descartes is most famous for his promotion of the Cartesian dualism. However there are many alluring subjects that arises during his meditations, and the problem of other minds is one of them. This essay will answer the question how does Descartes arrive at the problem of other minds in the second mediation, and does he offer an adequate solution to it. This essay will be separated into two sections, the first section will comment on how Descartes uses the method of doubt to arrive at the…