AP Psychology Sensation Challenge
Miribel Tran 1. Because our brain misinterprets what we see
2. We have to reorient two diagonal lines
3. It’s because when you look at an object, you don’t just measure the light coming from it and you try to take into consideration other factors and patterns
4. we miss other F’s because we think of OF as one part and don’t take into consideration the other F value 5. we expect to see the one “the” and forget that the extra “the” is not supposed to be there so we eliminate it
6. the flicker of the camera competes with your short­term memory
7. chili peppers taste hot because it stimulates your nocireptors which are receptive to pain that the peppers provide
8. supertasters have twice as more taste buds than normal people
9. intensity is measured in decibels. if we listen to loud sounds for a longer period of time, then that impacts the loudness that we perceive.
10. that’s because the neural pathways link to your limbic system
11. an afterimage is something that stays with you even after you have stopped looking at it
12. this could not work on my computer
13. This optical illusion is an effect of perspective. The temple isn't as it appears: the four columns are not actually vertical. Instead, they are tilted away from you. The point of view of the picture has been carefully chosen to make the columns "match up" and seem to connect with the pediment.
14. The external object is seen like the camera takes the picture of any object. Light enters the