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
Credits
- Contributor
- Dale Purves
Distribution Formats
- Type
- DVD
- Format
- Region 1 NTSC
- Price
- $250.00
- Availability
- Sale
- Duration/Size
- 40 minutes
- Year
- 2009
Distributor
- Name
Davidson Films Inc.
- 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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