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      "text": "Your senses aren't just a part of you, they define you. Nothing that you experience in your life, from the most important to the most mundane, would be possible without the intricate power of your senses. But how much about them do you really know?<br /><br />Your ability to sense and perceive the world around you is so richly detailed and accurate as to be miraculous. No other animal, no expertly designed supercomputer, nothing in the entire universe of scientific exploration can even come close to matching the ability of your brain to use information sensed by your eyes, ears, skin, tongue, and nose to produce a rich sensory experience in a matter of milliseconds.<br /><br />And in recent years, neurobiologists and other scientists have uncovered new insights into how your senses work and all the amazingly complex and fascinating things they can do, whether you're aware of them or not. Knowing how your senses work and the ways they shape how you see, interact with, and understand your life will help you think more critically about everything you sense and perceive, strengthen your appreciation for the everyday marvels of your senses, prepare you to be active consumers of new scientific evidence on how our senses work, and much more.<br /><br />Discover the secret life of your senses with Understanding the Secrets of Human Perception, an intriguing and unforgettable 24-lecture course delivered by award-winning Professor Peter M. Vishton of The College of William & Mary, a masterful educator who has spent several decades immersed in exploring the frontiers of human perception. <br /><br /><b>Inhoud</b><br /><br />H1. Your Amazing, Intelligent Senses<br />H2. The Physiological Hardware of Your Senses<br />H3. Neuroimaging. The Sensory Brain at Work<br />H4. Brain Modules. Subcomponents of the Senses<br />H5. Perceiving a World in Motion<br />H6. Seeing Distance and Depth<br />H7. Seeing Color and Light<br />H8. Your World of Taste and Olfaction<br />H9. Hearing the World around You<br />H10. Speech and Language Perception<br />H11. Touch. Temperature, Vibration, and Pressure<br />H12. Pain. How It Works for You<br />H13. Perception in Action<br />H14. Attention and Perception<br />H15. Kinesthetic Perception<br />H16. Seeing, Remembering, Inferring Infants<br />H17. How Infants Sense and Act On Their World<br />H18. Illusions and Magic<br />H19. Perceiving Emotion in Others and Ourselves<br />H20. Sensing the Thoughts of Others. ESP<br />H21. Opponent Process for Perception and Life<br />H22. Synesthesia. Tasting Color and Seeing Sound<br />H23. How Your Sensory Systems Learn<br />H24. Fixing, Replacing, and Enhancing the Senses<br />",
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