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1Perceptual control theory — (PCT) is a psychological theory of animal and Human behavior originated by maverick scientist William T. Powers. In contrast with other theories of psychology and behavior, which assume that behavior is a function of perception that perceptual… …
2Perceptual art — is a form of art that can trace its roots to the art history concepts of perceptualism as well as to twentieth century inventions of conceptual art and performance art. The concept of perceptualism has been discussed in historical and… …
3Perceptual noise exclusion hypothesis — The concept of a perceptual noise exclusion deficit is an emerging hypothesis as to the origins and nature of dyslexia. It is supported by research showing that dyslexic adults and children experience difficulty in targeting visual information in …
4Speech perception — is the process by which the sounds of language are heard, interpreted and understood. The study of speech perception is closely linked to the fields of phonetics and phonology in linguistics and cognitive psychology and perception in psychology.… …
5Oblique effect — is the name given to the relative deficiency in perceptual performance for oblique contours as compared to the performance for horizontal or vertical contours. Contents 1 Background 2 The Phenomenon 3 Origin of the Oblique Effect …
6Ashkenazi intelligence — refers to a controversial theory asserting the higher general intelligence of Ashkenazi Jews, the Jews of Central and Eastern European origin who are the descendants of Jews who settled in the Rhineland beginning about the year 800. Many… …
7attentional blink — n. The momentary lapse in awareness that occurs after a stimulus catches the brain s attention. Example Citations: Our love of our name even defeats attentional blink . This is temporary amnesia caused by the fact that human beings are not good… …
8Klaus Scherer — (b. 1943) is Professor of Psychology and director of the Swiss Center for Affective Sciences in Geneva. He is a specialist in the psychology of emotion.cite web | title= Tribune de Geneve 5th October 2007| publisher=Tribune de Geneve |url=… …
9Visual short term memory — In the study of vision, visual short term memory (VSTM) is one of three broad memory systems including iconic memory and long term memory. VSTM is a type of short term memory, but one limited to information within the visual domain. The term VSTM …
10MPEG-1 — Moving Picture Experts Group Phase 1 (MPEG 1) Filename extension .mpg, .mpeg, .mp1, .mp2, .mp3, .m1v, .m1a, .m2a, .mpa, .mpv Internet media type audio/mpeg, video/mpeg Developed by ISO, IEC Type of format audio, vid …
