ok science
In this channel, I try to explain some of the trickier concepts in psychology (and other sciences). The explanations aren't too dumbed down, not too high-brow -- they're just ok.
Word and music by Alex Daniel, PhD.
"yanni vs. laurel" explained by categorical speech perception - ok science
what is the rescorla-wagner model? - ok science
where do false memories come from? - ok science
what is context-dependent memory? - ok science
change blindness, the flicker task, & sensory memory - ok science
what is dichotic listening and selective attention? - ok science
the history of cognitive psychology - ok science
the mcgurk effect (and how it works) - ok science
apparent motion and the wagon wheel effect - ok science
who cares about 60 frames per second? - ok science
colorblindness and the principle of univariance - ok science
does language affect visual perception? (whorf hypothesis) - ok science
expertise and face recognition (Gauthier et al., 2000) - ok science
scotopic and photocopic vision (and how we see at night) - ok science
what's a "supertaster"? - ok science
what's the difference between taste and flavor? - ok science
the five (or six, or seven) basic tastes - ok science
spatial frequencies and the einstein/monroe illusion - ok science
how does the blue-black/white-gold dress work? (color constancy) - ok science
how do motion aftereffects work? - ok science
how does lateral inhibition work? - ok science
what is the stroop effect (color, counting, emotion)? - ok science
what is signal detection theory? - ok science
statistical learning in infants? (saffran et al., 1996) - ok science
how does fechner's law work? - ok science