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Consortium for Mathematics and its Applications

Product ID: 99251
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Undergraduate

Strange Result in Visual Perception (UMAP)

Author: Brindell Horelick & Sinan Koont


A unit that applies calculus to physiology and psychology. This module shows how elementary calculus may be used to explain the results of T.N. Cornsweet's experiment.

Table of Contents:

1. INTRODUCTION

2. PHYSIOLOGICAL BACKGROUND

3. THE MODEL

4. A FORMULA FOR PERCEPTION

5. ANALYSIS OF THE FORMULA

6. RELATION OF THE FORMULA TO THE EXPERIMENT

APPENDIX

EXERCISES

©1979 by COMAP, Inc.
UMAP Module
20 pages

Mathematics Topics:

Calculus

Application Areas:

Life Sciences & Medicine , Psychological Sciences

Prerequisites:

Standard calculus of logarithmic and exponential functions

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