PSYCH101: Introduction to Psychology

4.3: Visual Sensation

• 4.3.1: The Eye

  • University of Western Ontario: Tutis Vilis' "Physiology of the Senses: The Eye" URL

    The article covers visual perception and provides information regarding the anatomy and physiology of the eye and how it relates to vision.
    

  • OpenStax College: Psychology: "Chapter 5, Section 3: Vision" URL

    Please read this section, which discusses vision.
    

  • Khan Academy: "Visual Cues" Page

    Watch this video to obtain an addition perspective on how our eyes perceive stimuli, and in particular, the different levels of perceptual organization, including depth, form, motion & constancy.
    

  • University of California, Berkeley: John Kihlstrom's "Sensation and Perception I" Page

    Watch this lecture John Kihlstrom’s "General Psychology" course at the University of California, Berkeley.

• 4.3.2: The Visual Cortex

  • University of Western Ontario: Tutis Vilis' "Physiology of the Senses: The Visual Cortex" URL

    Read this article on the visual cortex, an area of the brain necessary for sensing and initial processing of visual objects.
    

  • Khan Academy: "Visual Field Processing" Page

    Watch this video that describes how we process our visual field, and how information from the right and left visual field is broken down and sent to the brain.
    

• 4.3.3: The Association Cortex

  • University of Western Ontario: Tutis Vilis' "Physiology of the Senses: The Association Cortex" URL

    Read this article on the association cortex, an area of the brain necessary for advanced stages of sensory information processing.