Methods library · Neurons and physiology
Psychophysics and signal detection
Also called threshold, d', ROC, forced choice
Measuring perception precisely from what subjects report, and separating sensitivity from bias with signal detection theory.
The film for this method is in production. Until then, the lessons below explain it where they use it.
Where it is taught
20 lessons use this method.
Sensory Systems
- Piezo Channels and the Physics of Force
- Meissner and Pacinian Corpuscles: Flutter and Vibration
- Hairy Skin, Stroking and Affective Touch
- Touch Over-reactivity in Autism Models
- Hot, Warm, Cool and Cold
- When Pain Persists
- Proprioception: Sensing the Body's Own Position
- Melanopsin Cells: Seeing Without Images
- Photoreceptors Across a Billion-Fold Range, and When They Fail
- Balance: Vestibular Hair Cells and Self-Motion
- Taste from Tongue to Cortex
- Combining Senses and Predicting Them
- Restoring Senses: Implants, Prostheses and Optogenetic Vision