Perception
Your senses bring the outside world into your brain, but what do you perceive? How does your brain make sense of the signals coming to it from your eyes and ears and the rest of your body? And what happens when your brain gets a little confused and you wind up seeing things that aren’t quite there? The most popular episode in this section is episode 31 on the Gestalt principles of perception. Check it out!
Episodes
- Episode 75: Science Proves Subliminal Tapes Work! Well….not really
Do subliminal messages in self-help tapes really work? There actually is some evidence that people can be influenced by subliminal messages. Can your self-esteem be raised with subliminal tapes? These questions answered once and for all at The Psych Files podcast.
- Episode 31: Lemon Slices and a New Face on Mars! Gestalt Principles at Work
The gestalt principles of perception – how do they explain how we not only sometimes perceive strange things, but also how we can appreciate works of art? We’ll see images on lemon slices, on Mars, and on building tops. Why do we perceive these things?
- Virgin Mary on a Lemon Slice? I got ya beat.
‘ve been holding onto a photo for a while which I believe, if you look at it just right, looks like another familiar biblical figure. Take a look and see if you see what I see. Of course, what I also see is the power of the Gestalt principle of “closure” – our tendency to complete incomplete images and to see patterns where they do – and often do not – exist. What do you think?
