This slide will help you to understand basic ideas about sensation, perception and attention.

1. INTRODUCTION TO SENSATION, PERCEPTION AND ATTENTION Dr. Debdulal Dutta Roy, Ph.D. (Psy.) Psychology Research Unit INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE Kolkata – 700108 Lecture at the PATC,Rabindrabharati university, Kolkata

2. SENSATION

5. Brain and sensation

6. Visual organ

7. Auditory organ

8. Nose and tongue

9. Skin

10. Spinal cord

13. Four conditions of signal detection

14. PERCEPTION

15. Have you heard any sound? Identify the sound and write

25. ATTENTION

27. Focus Active attention Moderate Very high Passive attention Non-specific specific

31. Selective attention changes perception

32. Attention difficulty can be controlled by movement therapy