Making Sense of Sensory Information

Synopsis: For thousands of years, humans have asked if we perceive the world accurately through our senses. Because seeing is so important for our functioning in the world, efforts to understand how perceptions are generated have most often focused on vision. Based on current research in cognitive neuroscience, this film explores the challenges of explaining visual perception. The production includes an overview of the human visual system, illustrated with animated graphics and live action footage, and it describes, using a series of optical demonstrations, the profound technical and philosophical challenges scientists face in attempting to explain perception. The film ends with discussion of the essential role of human experience in determining what we perceive.
Series: Neuroscience, Series
Language: English
Country: United States
Year of release: 2009
Year of production: 2009
Subjects: Biology; Psychology
Keywords: perception; visual perception

Name: Davidson Films Inc.
Email: dfi@davidsonfilms.com
Web: http://www.davidsonfilms.com External site opens in new window
Phone: +1 888 437 4200
Fax: +1 805 594 0532
Address: 735 Tank Farm Road
San Luis Obispo
CA 93401
USA
Notes: A US-based production and distribution company specialising in films relating to psychology, gerontology, child development, and neuroscience. Many of these feature footage or interviews with eminent scientists. Sale on DVD and supplied with closed captioning.

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