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  1. Making Sense of Sensory Information (2009)

    Subject
    Biology; Psychology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 40 minutes), $250.00

    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...

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  2. Black Sun (2007)

    Director
    Gary Tarn
    Producer
    Alfonso Cuarón; John Battsek
    Subject
    Philosophy; Psychology; Social welfare
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 70 minutes), £12.99

    Painter Hugues de Montalembert was blinded in an attack in New York City in 1978. Without a shred of self-pity, he relates his extraordinary story of how he adapted his approach to the world after blindness,...

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  3. Human Brain Development: Nature and Nurture (2007)

    Subject
    Biology; Psychology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1, 30 minutes), £125.00

    This film, produced at the brain development laboratory at Oregon University, explores the fascinating interplay of genetic predispositions and circumstance after birth in the development of the brain and...

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  4. Illusion (Cd-Rom) (1998 Multimedia)

    Subject
    Biology; Psychology
    Distribution
    CD-ROM

    An exploration of the human eye and its functions, with 50 interactive games, puzzles and 3-D illusions. Also a fully animated human eye and interviews with experts in the field of perception.

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  5. On Reflection: Jonathan Miller (1998 Video)

    Subject
    Art
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 35 min., 1999 sale £10.00 (inclusive)

    Four short programmes in which Jonathan Miller draws on geometry and perception to look at how artists use reflections and mirrors in their paintings. He explores not only how artists have found the...

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  6. Escher Interactive: Exploring the Art of the Infinite (1996 Multimedia)

    Subject
    Art
    Distribution
    CD-ROM

    Uses animation, video, sound commentary and interactive manipulation of images to reveal different facets of M C Escher’s art. His optical illusions and interlocking patterns combine art and mathematics....

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  7. Visual Perception (1996 Multimedia)

    Subject
    Psychology
    Distribution
    CD-ROM

    Introduces the visual pathways and visual fields and what happens when they are damaged. By using a number of case histories and interactive testing, the learner is guided through the process of determining...

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  8. Visual Space Perception Via Motion (1996 Video)

    Subject
    Psychology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS (NTSC). col. 20 min., 1997 sale: US$179.00 (+p&p) (NTSC only)

    Uses computer graphics and live-action footage to show how humans perceive motion, comparing monocular and binocular visual cues and differentiating between static and in-motion depth perception. Explores...

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  9. Behind the Eye (1995 Video)

    Director
    John Davies
    Subject
    Art; Psychology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 52 min., 1998 sale: £50.00 (+VAT +p&p) (VHS)

    Looks at different ways of seeing, using the experiences of three visually impaired artists: Jennifer Maskel Packer, Jonathan Huxley and Mansel Griffith. Examines how their different responses to vision have...

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  10. Gombrich on Shadows (1995 Video)

    Subject
    Art
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 27 min., 1999 sale £10.00 (inclusive)

    Sir Ernst Gombrich presented an exhibition at the National Gallery in 1995 on the representation of cast shadows in painting - a subject combining the psychology of perception with the history of art. While...

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