Overview: In this journal, you will complete a simulation related to one of your senses and reflect on the results in relation to their implications for biopsychology research.

Overview: In this journal, you will complete a simulation related to one of your senses and reflect on the results in relation to their implications for biopsychology research. Prompt: Complete the demonstration at one of the following websites: ï‚· Selective Attention http://www.gocognitive.net/demo/selective-attention-auditory-demonstration In this short demonstration, you will hear sound from three different voices and be asked to focus on one of them. ï‚· The Blind Spot https://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/chvision.html At this website, you will examine your blind spot and see how the brain fills in missing information. ï‚· Senses Challenge www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/body/interactives/senseschallenge/senses.swf This is a 20-question activity that explores the different sensory systems with questions and different visual illusions. Note: this resource requires the use of Adobe Flash Player. ï‚· Illusions and Paradoxes http://www.scientificpsychic.com/graphics/index.html Seeing Is Believing? On this website, you will view different visual illusions and see how the brain interprets different visual stimuli. After you have completed the activity, reflect on the information produced by the simulation and address the following questions: ï‚· How would you summarize what you did and your reaction to it? ï‚· How do you think understanding the functioning of our sensory systems has helped biopsychology researchers develop better research questions that can be applied to everyday life? ï‚· How could this knowledge help you in developing a research question or research design for your investigation? Guidelines for Submission: This journal entry should be 2 to 3 paragraphs in length, and any sources should be cited according to APA style Please make this paper look a little personal. The research question I will be addressing in my final paper is: Can neuroimaging studies assist participants in understanding the neurobiological basis of their addiction and make cognitive enhancement therapies more effective at treating their addictions? Let me know if you need more info. Thank you.
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Illusions and Paradoxes
The human brain plays a fundamental role of perceiving and interpreting information from the external environment, controlling all body functions, and integrates the purpose of the soul and mind. Therefore, the brain interprets the final reality of things. However, there are many optical illusions that occur in the mind resulting from things such as influence of the background patterns and peoples’ perception on the object. The Greeks used a technique known as ‘entasis’ to incorporate slight convexities to reduce the illusion of the column in their Parthenon. The psychologists advanced the study and understanding of optical illusions by creating objects like perpetually ascending staircase and Zöllner illusion and so on. Optical illusion is caused by results from visual system which are usually characterized by visually perceived images that are different from the real image (Chi, Yao, Zhang, & Lee, 2014). The image becomes processed in the mind…