Sensation & Perception - Crash Course Psychology

The video explores Dr. Sacks' prosopagnosia, a condition affecting facial recognition, and distinguishes between sensation and perception. It delves into thresholds of sensation, signal detection theory, and how vision processes light. Theories of color vision, including trichromatic and opponent-process theories, are discussed. The video also covers visual and parallel processing in the brain, concluding with a summary and credits.

What is the difference threshold and how is it determined?

Discuss the Young-Helmholtz trichromatic theory of color vision.

How does the brain process visual information after it leaves the eye?

What is parallel processing in the context of visual perception?