Unit 4 Practice Test
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
b. absolute threshold; difference threshold
1. Complete sensation in the absence of complete
c. sensory interaction; feature detection
perception is best illustrated by
a. Weber's law.
d. feature detection; sensory interaction
b. prosopagnosia.
e. sensation; perception
c. conduction deafness.
6. Bottom-up processing involves analysis that
d. color constancy.
e. sensory interaction.
2. As the brain receives information about the
lines, angles, and edges of objects in the
environment, higher-level cells process and
interpret the information to consciously
recognize objects. This process best illustrates
a. sensation.
b. bottom-up processing.
c. perception.
d. selective attention.
e. psychophysics.
3. The detection and encoding of stimulus
energies by the nervous system is called
a. signal detection.
b. priming.
c. synaesthesia.
d. accommodation.
e. sensation.
4. The process by which we select, organize, and
interpret sensory information in order to
recognize meaningful objects and events is
called
a. sensory adaptation.
b. parallel processing.
c. sensation.
d. perception.
e. accommodation.
5. Hearing a sequence of sounds of different
pitches is to ________ as recognizing the
sound sequence as a familiar melody is to
________.
a. the just noticeable difference;
accommodation
begins with the
a. optic nerve.
b. sensory receptors.
c. cerebral cortex.
d. feature detectors.
e. occipital lobe.
7. You typically fail to consciously perceive that
your own nose is in your line of vision. This
best illustrates
a. subliminal perception.
b. change blindness.
c. fovea.
d. selective attention.
e. the visual cliff.
8. While a man provided directions to a
construction worker, two experimenters rudely
interrupted by passing between them carrying a
door. The student's failure to notice that the
construction worker was replaced by a different
person during this interruption illustrates
a. blind spot.
b. gate-control theory.
c. bottom-up processing.
d. change blindness.
e. top-down processing.
9. Research participants picked one of two
photographed faces as more attractive. When
researchers cleverly switched the photos,
participants readily explained why they
preferred the face they had actually rejected.
Their behavior illustrated
a. the blind spot.
b. choice blindness.
c. feature detectors.
d. sensory interaction.
e. perceptual adaptation.
10. The minimum amount of stimulation a person
needs to detect a stimulus 50 percent of the
time is called the
a. adaptation threshold.
b. difference threshold.
c. subliminal threshold.
d. absolute threshold.
e. change threshold.
11. Although Manuel was sitting right next to his
parents, he smelled a skunk minutes before
they did. Apparently, Manuel has a lower
________ for skunk odor than his parents have.
a. accommodation level
b. absolute threshold
c. tolerance level
d. olfactory saturation level
e. adaptation level
12. When you are expecting an incoming text
message, you are much more likely to notice it
the second it arrives. This best illustrates
a. priming.
b. signal detection theory.
c. difference thresholds.
d. absolute thresholds.
e. Weber's law.
13. Photographs of people were rated more
positively if the photos immediately followed a
briefly flashed image of kittens. This best
illustrates the impact of
a. sensory adaptation.
b. interposition.
c. retinal disparity.
d. priming.
e. prosopagnosia.
14. If the just-noticeable difference for a 10-ounce
weight is 1 ounce, the just noticeable difference
for an 80-ounce weight would be ________
ounce(s).
a. 1
b. 2
c. 4
d. 8
e. 10
15. Sensory adaptation helps us to focus our
attention on what kind of stimuli?
a. familiar
b. subliminal
c. novel
d. intense
e. transduced
16. After listening to your high-volume car stereo
for 15 minutes, you fail to realize how loudly
the music is blasting. This best illustrates
a. Weber's law.
b. accommodation.
c. sensory adaptation.
d. the volley principle.
e. transduction.
17. The constant quivering movements of our eyes
enable us to
a. focus the light on our retina.
b. adjust the size of the pupil.
c. minimize sensory adaptation.
d. perceive speed more accurately.
e. see in low levels of light.
18. Humans experience the longest visible
electromagnetic waves as
a. the color blue-violet and the shortest visible
waves as red.
b. the color red and the shortest visible waves
as green.
c. the color blue and the shortest visible
waves as yellow.
d. the color red and the shortest visible waves
as blue-violet.
e. the color black and the shortest visible
waves as white.
19. Intensity is to brightness as wavelength is to
a. accommodation.
b. frequency.
c. amplitude.
d. hue.
e. disparity.
20. Brightness is to intensity as hue is to
a. amplitude.
b. color.
c. pitch.
d. wavelength.
e. frequency.
21. Which process allows more light to reach the
periphery of the retina?
a. accommodation of the lens
b. transduction of the blind spot
c. dilation of the pupil
d. sensory adaptation of feature detectors
e. focusing light effectively on the fovea
22. Which cells for visual processing are located
closest to the back of the retina?
a. ganglion cells
b. bipolar cells
c. rods and cones
d. feature detectors
e. occipital cells
23. Bipolar cells are located in the
a. optic nerve.
b. retina.
c. blind spot.
d. lens.
e. cochlea.
24. Under very dim levels of illumination
a. the iris expands to allow more light to reach
the retina.
b. rods are more light-sensitive than cones.
c. foveas react to increase the sensitivity of
the optic nerve.
d. feature detectors in the retina activate.
e. rods fire according to place theory to
perceive the available light.
25. Which receptor cells most directly enable us to
distinguish different wavelengths of light?
a. rods
b. cones
c. bipolar cells
d. feature detectors
e. optic nerves
26. Rods are
a. more light-sensitive and more color-
sensitive than are cones.
b. less light-sensitive and less color-sensitive
than are cones.
c. more light-sensitive and less color-sensitive
than are cones.
d. less light-sensitive and more color-sensitive
than are cones.
e. more frequency sensitive and less
amplitude sensitive.
27. The feature detectors identified by Hubel and
Weisel respond to specific aspects of ________
stimulation.
a. vestibular
b. visual
c. auditory
d. olfactory
e. kinesthetic
28. Which of the following types of cells are
located in the brain's occipital lobe?
a. rods and cones
b. bipolar cells
c. hair cells
d. feature detectors
e. cochlea cells
29. When looking at the hands of a clock showing
8 o'clock, certain brain cells in the visual cortex
are more responsive than when the hands show
10 o'clock. This is most indicative of
a. sensory interaction.
b. feature detection.
c. parallel processing.
d. perceptual adaptation.
e. accommodation.
30. The ability to simultaneously recognize the
color, shape, size, and speed of an oncoming
automobile best illustrates
a. sensory interaction.
b. kinesthesis.
c. parallel processing.
d. subliminal perception.
e. blindsight.
31. The human ability to speedily recognize
familiar objects best illustrates the value of
a. accommodation.
b. kinesthesis.
c. subliminal stimulation.
d. sensory interaction.
e. parallel processing.
32. Perceiving the color, motion, and form of a
bird in flight illustrates
a. serial processing.
b. place theory.
c. trichromatic theory.
d. parallel processing.
e. opponent-process theory.
33. Researchers found that if they temporarily
disrupted one region of the visual cortex with
magnetic pulses, people were unable to
recognize faces but could still recognize
houses. This suggests that
a. visual information is processed by
opponent cells in the retina.
b. the fovea is the retina's area of central
focus.
c. information presented in the right visual
field is processed in the left hemisphere of
the brain.
d. two separate brain regions process
information about faces and objects.
e. the physical characteristics of light
determine our sensory experience of them.
d. the Young-Helmholtz theory.
e. frequency theory.
36. The cochlea is a
a. fluid-filled tube in which sound waves
b.
c.
d.
e.
37. Which of the following is the correct sequence
of structures that sound waves pass through on
the way to the auditory nerve?
a. cochlea, hammer, anvil, stirrup, eardrum
b. hammer, eardrum, basilar membrane,
cochlea
c. hammer, anvil, stirrup, eardrum, cochlea
d. inner ear, middle ear, cochlea, eardrum
e. eardrum, hammer, anvil, stirrup, cochlea
38. What is the purpose of the eardrum?
a. Vibration of the eardrum directly causes
b.
c.
d.
34. Certain stroke victims report seeing nothing
when shown a series of sticks, yet they are able
to correctly report whether the sticks are
vertical or horizontal. This best illustrates
a. prosopagnosia.
b. serial processing.
c. the McGurk effect.
d. sensory interaction.
e. blindsight.
35. Experiencing a green afterimage of a red object
is most easily explained by
a. the opponent-process theory.
b. the gate-control theory.
c. place theory.
trigger nerve impulses.
fluid-filled tube that provides a sense of
upright body position.
fluid-filled tube that provides a sense of
body movement.
set of three tiny bones that amplify the
vibrations of the eardrum.
specific area of the auditory cortex.
e.
ripples in the basilar membrane.
Axons on the eardrum converge to form the
auditory nerve, which sends auditory
messages to the brain.
Transduction of sound waves into neural
messages occurs in the eardrum.
Movement of the eardrum directly causes
the stirrup to vibrate.
To transmit sound from the air to the bones
of the middle ear.
39. After a small section of his basilar membrane
was damaged, Jason experienced a noticeable
loss of hearing for high-pitched sounds only.
Jason's hearing loss is best explained by the
________ theory.
a. gate-control
b. frequency
c. Young-Helmholtz
d. opponent-process
e. place
40. The discovery that high-frequency sounds
trigger large vibrations near the beginning of
the basilar membrane supports the ________
theory.
a. gate-control
b. frequency
c. Young-Helmholtz
d. opponent-process
e. place
41. According to frequency theory
a. most sound waves are a complex mixture of
b.
c.
d.
e.
many frequencies.
high-frequency sounds trigger a wave of
activity that peaks near the beginning of the
basilar membrane.
the rate at which impulses travel up the
auditory nerve matches the frequency of the
tone being heard.
frequent or prolonged stimulation of a
sensory receptor causes that receptor to
become less sensitive.
we hear different pitches because different
sound waves cause different parts of the
nerve cells in the cochlea to fire.
42. The volley principle is most directly relevant to
our perception of
a. temperature.
b. color.
c. brightness.
d. pain.
e. pitch.
43. Current research suggests that
a. the place theory best explains how we hear
different pitches.
b. the frequency theory is the most
comprehensive in explaining pitch
perception.
c. the place and frequency theories correctly
explain different aspects of how we hear
pitch.
d. both the place and frequency theories are
wrong in explaining how we hear different
pitches.
e. opponent-process theory shows more
promise than either place or frequency
theories in explaining pitch perception.
44. A time lag between left and right auditory
stimulation is important for accurately
a. locating sounds.
b. detecting pitch.
c. recognizing rhythms.
d. judging amplitude.
e. determining frequency.
45. Damage to the basilar membrane is most likely
to result in
a. loss of movement.
b. accommodation.
c. conduction hearing loss.
d. loss of the sense of balance.
e. nerve deafness.
46. A cochlear implant would be most helpful for
those who suffer
a. loss of movement.
b. loss of balance.
c. conduction hearing loss.
d. sensorineural hearing loss.
e. kinesthesis.
47. A cochlear implant converts sounds into
a. decibels.
b. electrical signals.
c. air pressure changes.
d. fluid vibrations.
e. neurotransmitters.
48. The rupture of the eardrum can lead to
a. sensorineural hearing loss.
b. disruption of the vestibular system.
c. feeling disembodied.
d. conduction hearing loss.
e. change deafness.
49. Researchers have identified receptors for which
of the following skin sensations?
a. pain
b. cold
c. warmth
d. pressure
e. hot
50. With her eyes closed, Sierra can accurately
touch her mouth, nose, and chin with her index
finger. Sierra's accuracy illustrates the
importance of
a. accommodation.
b. kinesthesis.
c. sensory interaction.
d. sensory adaptation.
e. feature detectors.
51. The semicircular canals are most directly
relevant to
a. hearing.
b. kinesthesis.
c. the vestibular sense.
d. parallel processing.
e. accommodation.
52. Which of the following sensory receptors
detect hurtful temperatures, pressure, or
chemicals?
a. bipolar
b. hair cells
c. nociceptors
d. ganglion
e. olfactory
53. According to the gate-control theory, a back
massage would most likely reduce your
physical aches and pains by causing
a. release of pain-killing endorphins in your
muscles.
b. activation of nerve fibers in your spinal
cord.
c. the release of adrenaline into your
bloodstream.
d. deactivation of the pain receptors on the
surface of your skin.
e. the cochlea to transduce impulses sent to
the spinal cord.
54. People who carry a gene that boosts the
availability of ________ are less bothered by
pain.
a. endorphins
b. nociceptors
c. ganglion fibers
d. growth hormones
e. transduction
55. Which of the following best illustrates the
impact of central nervous system activity in the
absence of normal sensory input?
a. tinnitus
b. kinesthesis
c. transduction
d. accommodation
e. gestalt
56. Phantom limb sensations best illustrate that
pain can be experienced in the absence of
a. sensory input.
b. top-down processing.
c. conscious awareness.
d. parallel processing.
e. figure-ground.
57. The role of central nervous system activity for
the experience of pain is best highlighted by
a. prosopagnosia.
b. frequency theory.
c. phantom limb sensations.
d. the opponent-process theory.
e. perceptual adaptation.
58. Tinnitus is a phantom ________ sensation.
a. visual
b. auditory
c. taste
d. touch
e. kinesthetic
59. Our experience of pain may be intensified
when we perceive that others are experiencing
pain. This best illustrates the importance of
a. sensory adaptation.
b. accommodation.
c. top-down processing.
d. kinesthesis.
e. difference thresholds.
60. We tend to perceive more pain when others
around us also report feeling pain. This
research finding indicates that pain perception
is affected by both biological and what other
influences?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
genetic
neural
hormonal
humanistic
social-cultural
61. The biopsychosocial approach to pain is likely
to emphasize the importance of both
a. top-down and bottom-up processing.
b. frequency and place theories.
c. kinesthesis and psychokinesis.
d. telepathy and clairvoyance.
e. opponent and process theories.
62. Mr. Kim's experience of chronic back pain is
influenced by his cultural background, his
attentional processes, and nerve damage caused
by an automobile accident. An integrated
understanding of Mr. Kim's suffering is most
clearly provided by
a. Weber's law.
b. the phi phenomenon.
c. opponent-process theory.
d. a biopsychosocial approach.
e. perceptual constancy.
63. Which of the following best explains why
children are more likely to resist eating strongtasting foods?
a. Sensory interaction makes certain foods
more unpleasant to taste.
b. Young children have more taste receptors,
so their sensitivity to taste is greater.
c. Children are more strongly influenced by
the McGurk effect than adults are.
d. Receptor cells on a child's tongue are
replaced more slowly than those of adults.
e. Only children are deterred from eating
foods with aversive tastes.
64. The McGurk effect best illustrates
a. phantom limb sensations.
b. the rubber-hand illusion.
c. tinnitus.
d. sensory interaction.
e. color constancy.
65. If we see a speaker mouthing day while
actually hearing someone else saying may, we
may perceive a third syllable bay that blends
both inputs. This phenomenon is known as
a. prosopagnosia.
b. sensory adaptation.
c. blindsight.
d. accommodation.
e. the McGurk effect.
66. Which of the following senses is best described
as a chemical sense?
a. touch
b. kinesthesis
c. audition
d. vision
e. smell
67. Taste and smell are both what kind of senses?
a. vestibular
b. kinesthetic
c. energy
d. chemical
e. perceptual
68. A floating sea vessel is to the ocean water as
________ is to ________.
a. light and shadow; relative height
b. closure; continuity
c. lightness constancy; relative height
d. figure; ground
e. proximity; similarity
69. Almost half the birds in the yard were brown
cardinals and the rest were bright red cardinals,
so Jimmy perceived them as two distinct
groups of birds. This best illustrates the
principle of
a. proximity.
b. closure.
c. similarity.
d. connectedness.
e. disparity.
70. The organization of two-dimensional retinal
images into three-dimensional perceptions is
called
a. retinal disparity.
b.
c.
d.
e.
monocular cues.
perceptual constancy.
depth perception.
sensory interaction.
71. Which of the following is a binocular cue for
the perception of distance?
a. relative size
b. retinal disparity
c. relative motion
d. linear perspective
e. visual cliff
72. A 3-D movie enhances our sense of depth
perception by simulating the effects of
a. interposition.
b. retinal disparity.
c. linear perspective.
d. perceptual constancy.
e. gestalt cues.
73. Depth perception that uses information
transmitted to only one eye depends on
a. relative luminance.
b. stroboscopic movement.
c. lightness constancy.
d. monocular cues.
e. perceptual adaptation.
74. Distant trees were located closer to the top of
the artist's canvas than were the nearby flowers.
The artist was clearly using the distance cue
known as
a. linear perspective.
b. light and shadow.
c. relative height.
d. relative size.
e. interposition.
75. The convergence of parallel lines provides the
distance cue known as
a. interposition.
b. closure.
c. relative height.
d. linear perspective.
e. continuity.
76. Renny knew the red tulip was closer to her than
the yellow tulip because the red one cast a
larger retinal image than the yellow one. This
illustrates the importance of the distance cue
known as
a. relative size.
b. interposition.
c. proximity.
d. relative height.
e. continuity.
77. As we move, objects that are fixed in place (a
light pole, for example) may appear to move.
What is this monocular cue for depth called?
a. relative motion
b. interposition
c. proximity
d. retinal disparity
e. continuity
78. The steadily increasing size of the retinal
image of an approaching object is especially
important for perceiving the object's
a. shape.
b. motion.
c. height.
d. weight.
e. color.
79. The perceived size of an object is most strongly
influenced by that object's perceived
a. shape.
b. color.
c. distance.
d. motion.
e. frequency.
80. Knowing about the effects of the perceived
distance of objects on their perceived size helps
us to understand
a. the Moon illusion.
b. the McGurk effect.
c. prosopagnosia.
d. phantom limb sensations.
e. parallel processing.
81. The Ames illusion involving two girls who are
perceived as very different in size can best be
explained in terms of
a. shape constancy.
b. retinal disparity.
c. the principle of continuity.
d. the misperception of distance.
e. the visual cliff.
82. Lightness constancy refers to the fact that
a. the frequency of light waves has a fixed
b.
c.
d.
e.
relationship to the brightness of the light.
objects are perceived to have consistent
lightness even if the amount of light they
reflect changes.
light waves reflected by an object remain
constant despite changes in illumination
levels.
the perceived whiteness of an object has a
constant relation to its lightness.
one of the depth cues involves perceiving
dimmer objects as being farther away.
83. Relative luminance most clearly contributes to
a. the phi phenomenon.
b. lightness constancy.
c. the Moon illusion.
d. psychophysics.
e. the impact of the relative motion depth cue.
84. Jody's horse looks just as black in the brilliant
sunlight as it does in the dim light of the stable.
This illustrates what is known as
a. perceptual set.
b. perceptual adaptation.
c. sensory interaction.
d. lightness constancy.
e. the phi phenomenon.
85. On a cloudy day, a yellow flower is likely to
appear ________ it does on a bright sunny day.
a. less colorful than
b. less yellow than
c. equally as yellow as
d. more yellow than
e. whiter than
86. Who emphasized that perceptual understanding
comes from inborn ways of organizing sensory
experience?
a. Immanuel Kant
b. Aristotle
c. John Locke
d. Sigmund Freud
e. B. F. Skinner
87. The philosopher John Locke believed that
people
a. learn to perceive the world through
experience.
b. are endowed at birth with perceptual skills.
c. experience the whole as different from the
sum of its parts.
d. are unable to adapt to an inverted visual
world.
e. are born with the ability to perceptually
adapt.
88. Rebecca was born with cataracts that were not
surgically removed until she was 3 years old.
As a result, Rebecca is most likely to
a. have lost visual receptor cells in her eyes.
b. be unable to perceive figure-ground
relationships.
c. have inadequate neural connections in her
visual cortex.
d. be unable to sense colors.
e. see normally since her main visual
receptors (retinas) were unaffected.
89. When visually deprived infant monkeys were
first allowed to see, they could not visually
distinguish
a. between red and green lights.
b. between different-colored objects.
c. figures from backgrounds.
d. circles from squares.
e. light from shadow.
90. Perceptual adaptation refers to the
a. grouping of stimuli into smooth,
uninterrupted patterns.
b. perception of movement created by the
successive blinking of adjacent lights.
c. perception of an object as unchanging in
shape regardless of our own viewing angle.
d. perceptual adjustment to an artificially
displaced visual field.
e. tendency for novel or unfamiliar stimuli to
capture our attention.
91. Although he was wearing a pair of glasses that
shifted the apparent location of objects 20
degrees to his right, Lars was still able to play
tennis very effectively. This best illustrates the
value of
a. retinal disparity.
b. perceptual set.
c. shape constancy.
d. binocular cues.
e. perceptual adaptation.
92. Imagine that a softball player wears special
glasses that shift her visual field upward 20
degrees. This means that when the player wears
these glasses, everything appears higher than it
actually is. With practice the player can hit a
ball with the glasses on. What will happen
when the player first hits a ball with the glasses
off?
a. She will believe that the ball is higher than
it really is.
b. She will accurately perceive where the ball
really is.
c. She will use the context of the situation to
determine where the ball is.
d. She will believe that the ball is lower than it
really is.
e. She will easily hit the ball because of visual
accommodation to the changing stimuli.
93. After watching a scary television movie, Julie
perceived the noise of the wind rattling her
front windows as the sound of a burglar
breaking into her house. Her mistaken
interpretation best illustrates the influence of
a. perceptual set.
b. binocular cues.
c. perceptual adaptation.
d. bottom-up processing.
e. stroboscopic movement.
94. A perceptual set is a
a. tendency to fill in gaps to perceive a
complete, whole object.
b. readiness to perceive an object in an
unfairly negative fashion.
c. tendency to view objects higher in our field
of vision as closer.
d. mental predisposition that influences what
we perceive.
e. conditioned response to a perceived event.
95. Stereotypes are mental conceptions that can
strongly influence the way we interpret the
behaviors of individuals belonging to specific
racial or ethnic groups. A stereotype is most
similar to
a. a feature detector.
b. perceptual adaptation.
c. a perceptual set.
d. a difference threshold.
e. gate-control theory.
96. Although Sue Yen sees her chemistry teacher
several times a week, she didn't recognize the
teacher when she saw her in the grocery store.
This best illustrates the importance of
a. monocular cues.
b. context effects.
c. proximity.
d. linear perspective.
e. perceptual adaptation.
97. ESP refers to
a. perception that occurs apart from sensory
input.
b. the ability to move objects without
touching them.
c. a readiness to perceive an object in a
distorted fashion.
d. the ability of our brain to use feature
detectors.
e. how we perceive patterns through neural
images.
98. Jamal claims that his special psychic powers
enable him to perceive exactly where the body
of a recent murder victim is secretly buried.
Jamal is claiming to possess the power of
a. psychokinesis.
b.
c.
d.
e.
precognition.
telepathy.
clairvoyance.
transduction.
99. Clairvoyance refers to the
a. extrasensory transmission of thoughts from
one mind to another.
b. extrasensory perception of events that occur
at places remote to the perceiver.
c. perception of future events, such as a
person's fate.
d. ability to understand and share the
emotions of another person.
e. ability to interpret neural patterns as
perceptions.
100. Farouk insists that by intense mental
concentration he can actually influence the
mechanically generated outcomes of slot
machines. Farouk is most specifically claiming
to possess the power of
a. telepathy.
b. clairvoyance.
c. psychokinesis.
d. precognition.
e. transduction.
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The stimulus input: light energy
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The stimulus input: light energy
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The stimulus input: light energy
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The eye
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The retina
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The retina
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The retina
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The retina
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The retina
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Feature detection
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The ear
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Perceiving pitch
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Perceiving pitch
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Perceiving pitch
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Locating sounds
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Hearing loss and Deaf culture
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Color constancy
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Sensory deprivation and restored vision
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Context effects
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Claims of ESP
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