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5.11 - Perception

from 5 - Neural Circuits

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 November 2023

By
John D. Mollon
Edited by
Mary-Ellen Lynall ,
Peter B. Jones  and
Stephen M. Stahl
Mary-Ellen Lynall
Affiliation:
University of Cambridge
Peter B. Jones
Affiliation:
University of Cambridge
Stephen M. Stahl
Affiliation:
University of California, San Diego
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Summary

Many psychiatric conditions are characterised by hallucinations or by subtler alterations in perception [1–3]. To understand such symptoms, it is useful to have some understanding of normal perception. What are the intervening processes between an image falling on our retina and our recognition of a familiar face in a complex scene? Or between the variations in air pressure reaching our cochlea and our recognition of the specific words that are being spoken – as well as our recognition that they are being spoken by our youngest cousin?

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Cambridge Textbook of Neuroscience for Psychiatrists , pp. 219 - 224
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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