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D
darker-than-background,
How It Works
dead phone illusion,
How It Works
deceleration,
End Notes
decision-making
Pieron’s Law and,
How It Works
self-caused actions and,
See Also
deductive reasoning,
End Notes
Deese/Roediger/McDermott (DRM) paradigm,
In Action
,
In Real Life
defense mechanisms
feeling better and,
End Notes
flinching as,
End Notes
triggers for,
How It Works
delta waves,
How It Works
dendrites,
Cerebral Cortex
deontic logic,
How It Works
depth
neurons and,
How It Works
Pulfrich Effect,
In Real Life
Digskerhuis, Ap,
How It Works
direction
detecting for sound,
Detect Sound Direction
object animacy and,
How It Works
Simon Effect and,
End Notes
disgust,
In Action
dizziness,
In Action
Donders, Franciscus,
See Also
dopamine,
In Real Life
dreaming,
How It Works
driving experiment,
In Action
,
In Real Life
DRM (Deese/Roediger/McDermott) paradigm,
In Action
,
In Real Life
Duplex Theory of sound localization,
Detect Sound Direction
D’Agostino, Paul,
End Notes
E
Eagleman, David,
How It Works
(see also hearing)
balance and,
End Notes
basilar membrane and,
Discover Pitch
components of,
How It Works
Eastwood, John,
How It Works
EEG (electroencephalogram)
hypnagogic state and,
In Action
,
How It Works
self-caused actions and,
See Also
strength training and,
In Action
Eibl-Eibesfeldt, Irenäus,
In Action
Eimer, Martin,
End Notes
electrical impulses (see signals)
electroencephalogram (see EEG)
EMG (electromyogram),
Make Yourself Happy
,
Mimicry
emotions
basic,
In Action
contagious nature of,
In Action
coordinated,
How It Works
memory and,
In Real Life
recognizing,
How It Works
signaling,
End Notes
endowment effect,
In Real Life
Engelbart, Douglas,
How It Works
enzymes, neurotransmitters and,
The Neuron
epilepsy
out-of-body experience and,
How It Works
epinephrine (adrenaline),
Tale 2
episodic memory,
In Action
Erdos number,
In Real Life
escalators, broken,
Moving: Hacks 62–69
estimating
Evans, Dylan,
End Notes
events
demarcating boundaries of,
In Action
emotional stimuli,
Tale 1
false memory of,
In Real Life
memory of,
How It Works
perception of,
How It Works
evolutionary psychology,
How It Works
,
End Notes
executive system,
In Action
exemplar activation,
You Are What You Think
experimental psychology (see cognitive psychology)
extelligence,
Discover Pitch
eyes
hearing with,
How It Works
tracking movement of,
To See, Act
Eyetrack III project,
To See, Act
F
faces
analyzing parts of,
End Notes
hypnagogic state and,
End Notes
mimicry and,
In Action
noticing,
End Notes
priming,
In Real Life
shadows and,
How It Works
tweaking muscles,
Make Yourself Happy
fake familiarity,
How It Works
,
End Notes
familiarity
false memory and,
End Notes
priming and,
In Real Life
feedback, motor control and,
Three Kinds of Motor Control
,
Mimicry
feedforward, motor control and,
Three Kinds of Motor Control
filter
fixation
defined,
To See, Act
gap effect and,
End Notes
looking at a face,
In Action
,
Map Your Blind Spot
peripheral vision and,
In Action
reading example,
End Notes
flashbacks, PSTD and,
How It Works
fluent processing (fluency),
In Action
,
In Action
fMRI (functional magnetic resonance imaging)
basic emotions and,
In Action
hypnagogic state and,
In Action
oxygenated blood and,
See Also
visual feedback and,
How It Works
focus
depth cues and,
Depth Matters
grabbing attention,
How It Works
,
In Action
negative priming and,
How It Works
force prediction,
Force Prediction
fovea (retina)
color vision and,
In Action
constant sampling,
To See, Act
mapping and,
Cerebral Lobes
proportion of,
Behind the Eyes
rods and,
In Action
visual resolution and,
See the Limits of Your Vision
Fradera, Alex,
How It Works
,
End Notes
framing effect,
Version 2
frequency
harmonics and,
End Notes
localizing noise and,
In Real Life
probability statistics and,
How It Works
,
In Real Life
frontal cortex,
In Action
frontal lobe
action-relevant objects and,
In Action
carotid arteries and,
How It Works
memory and,
In Real Life
verbal fluency tasks and,
In Action
functional magnetic resonance imaging (see fMRI)
fundamental of sound wave,
End Notes
fusiform facial area,
How It Works
fusiform gyrus,
In Action
G
gagging reflex,
In Action
gap effect,
End Notes
gaze direction,
End Notes
gender
emotional information and,
Tale 2
social dynamics and,
Mimicry
gestalt grouping principles,
Grasp the Gestalt
Gibson, J. J.,
See Also
,
How It Works
Gillmeister, Helge,
End Notes
glucocorticoid,
How It Works
Goldstein, Bruce,
In real life
Goodale, Melvyn,
End Notes
grammar
left hemisphere and,
How It Works
phrases and,
End Notes
Grobstein, Paul,
In Action
grouping principles

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