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Useful Perception Links


General
bullet The Joy of Perception: A Web Book
The most extensive source of images and explanations of basic concepts for Perception students. You should spend a while investigating this nicely produced Web book.

The Eye
bullet Sensation and Perception Tutorial
John Krantz at Hanover College prepared this clear and helpful tutorial for Perception students. Concentrate on the receptive fields tutorial.
bullet Lateral Inhibition and Chest Radiographs
An applied example of the need to understand the effect of lateral inhibition in the perception of lightness. Researchers at Central Middlesex Hospital Department of Imaging, UK, make the argument that grey shades are less visible in chest radiographs if they do not occur at a boundary or edge.
bullet Retinal Images
The home pages of the Department of General and Comparative Physiology at the University of Vienna. Examine the fine pictures of cones.
The Brain
bullet Digital Anatomist Brain Atlas and Quizs
An excellent tour of visual neuroanatomy. Be warned that the questions are at a high level (you'll be doing well if you score over 50%).
bullet Neurosciences on the Internet
A well organized page providing links to a myriad of neuroscience related sites.
bullet Brain Images
The best quality brain images I've found on the Web. Four views are provided by the Department of Physiology in Edinburgh.
Illusions
bullet Example Illusions
A visually appealing presentation of classic illusions
bullet Exploratorium Exhibits
A nice set of demonstrations provided by the San Francisco Exploratorium. Check out Mona, Fading Dot, Shimmer, Trapezoidal Window, Cafe Wall Illusion, and the funny Bronx Cheer Bulb (make sure you're far away from the screen).
bullet IIlusions Gallery
A collection of classic geometrical illusions prepared by David Landrigan at University of Massachusetts, Lowell.
Color
bullet Color Vision Demonstrations
A set of screen shots from Hans Irtel's color vision demonstration program.
bullet Interactive Colour Illustrations
Color vision tutorial from Brown (requires Java)
Computer Vision
bullet Relating Human and Machine Vision
A clear summary of some basic human vision facts by a computer scientist at University of Missouri, St. Louis.
bullet Edge Detection Demo
This software provided by Henry Rowley at Carnegie Mellon will run an edge detection algorithm on any GIF file you specify
bullet Alberta Advanced Perception Course
Lecture notes from Karsten Lopelman at the University of Alberta. He provides an extended discussion of David Marr's approach in the "What is Perception?" slides and a comparison of perceptual theories from a variety of camps in the "Natural Constraints" slides.
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bullet Vision Science Home Page
This site provides access to a wealth of information about vision reserch groups world wide.



Web Useful Web Development Links


bullet HTML tutorial
An excellent HTML tutorial with plenty of examples for you to try out. Read this before making any Web pages of your own.
bullet Icons, Bullets and Rules
A good source of graphics to enhance your Web pages.



Pencil Useful Paper Writing Links


bullet PsychWeb
A nicely organized index to a variety of psychology resources. Information that will be of particular interest for this course is provided in the "Laboratory reports: APA format", "Writing a Psychology Research Paper", and "APA style manual "crib sheet".