Search Results

Search Results

Refine this search

478 results

Image

from article Perception

Result thumbnail
Perception encompasses recognition in response to sensory stimuli. Stimulation of the body's receptor organs is transformed into neural activity and is relayed to more central regions of the nervous system. Then, further neural processing occurs,…

Image

from article Perception

Result thumbnail
The human sense organs, the type of energy reception, and the sensory receptor cells that are involved in vision, hearing, touch, smell, and taste. (Copyright © McGraw-Hill Education)

Image

from article Perception

Result thumbnail
Perceptual organization. (a) The figure of a four (4) is immediately and spontaneously perceived, despite the presence of other overlapping and adjacent lines. (b) The four, although physically present, is not spontaneously perceived and is even…

Image

from article Perception

Result thumbnail
Transposition of form; the two shapes look the same despite the difference in size.

Image

from article Perception

Result thumbnail
This figure is not recognizable. If, however, it is tilted 90° clockwise, it will be recognized as an outline map of Africa.

Image

from article Perception

Result thumbnail
Geometrical illusions. (a) The Ponzo illusion in which the two horizontal lines of equal length appear unequal. (b) The Poggendorff illusion in which the two oblique line segments are aligned with one another (that is, are collinear), but appear to…

Image

from article Intelligence

Result thumbnail
X-ray of a human brain. Intelligence involves the integrative and adaptive functions of the brain. (Credit: Getty Images)

Image

from article Intelligence

Result thumbnail
Organization of the human brain. The distinct, innate structures of the brain have developed in the course of human evolution. (Copyright © McGraw-Hill Education)

Image

from article Schizophrenia risk genes

Result thumbnail
Genomic distribution of schizophrenia-associated variants. Represented by red dots, these variants signpost the genomic neighborhoods of schizophrenia risk genes on the 24 human chromosomes. Clusters of association signals (“hot spots”) are visible.…

Image

from article Neandertal DNA

Result thumbnail
The geographical range within which Neandertal remains have been found (dashed line). White dots show the sites of the discoveries used to estimate the almost-complete hypervariable segment I (HVS-I) sequence of the Neandertal mtDNA. The approximate…

Learn more about AccessScience

a female college student looking at the screen of her silver-cased laptop computer
Watch the YouTube video

flyer thumbnail

Download the flyerGet Adobe Acrobat Reader pdf icon