Psychology Information Resources

Perception

• Vision and Perception links from the York Vision Group
• See Peter Kaiser's The Joy of Visual Perception: A Web Book
• Enter the Exploratorium And see what WWW can provide - perception experiments found here
• Tutorials in Sensation and Perception - more to come
• Try this EyeBase from Indiana University - slide show, Interactive database, etc.
• Interactive Illustrations of Color Perception. A tutorial on color perception, with interactive illustrations. Requires a HotJava browser for maximum impact.
• Perception Lab Home Page Studies of the perception of facial features, attractiveness, facial ageing, some of which are shown interactively on the WWW.
• Color Matters
  A fascinating site that discusses the phenomenon of color in a variety of practical contexts, including physiology, psychology, architecture, anthropology, and even energy
• Web Experimental Psychology Lab Several online experiments (in German or English)
• UCSC - Perceptual Science Laboratory The Perceptual Science Laboratory is engaged in a variety of experimental and theoretical inquiries in perception and cognition. A major research area concerns speech perception by ear and eye, and facial animation.
• Auditory Perception:Demonstrations and Experiments
  A multimedia presentation of selected topics in Auditory Perception, including auditory demonstrations, discussion and experiments in perception
• Vision test
  A forms-based test of visual perception-- interpretation of schematic images
• IllusionWorks Home Page
  The site contains the very latest up-to-date scientific explanations, illusionary artwork by an international team of artists, puzzles, comprehensive reading lists for both children and adults, and much more. There is much that is contained on this site that is new and not available anywhere else.

  Many of the illusions require a recent browser, Java and/or Shockwave. If you don't have these plug-ins there are links to sites where you can get them.

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