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Reflection No. 3: Three Optical Illusions That Stand Out to Me

perception
cognitive psychology
The three optical illusions that I have experienced in real-life that have stood out to me are the ‘wagon wheel,’ ‘apparent motion,’ and ‘inattentional blindness’ illusions.…
Apr 28, 2024
Grant Powell

 

Reflection No. 6: My Favorite Perception Topic

perception
cognitive psychology
The most striking topic I learned in Perception is how the brain maps itself as it relates to tonotopic, retinotopic and somatotopic mapping. Of those forms of mapping…
Apr 28, 2024
Grant Powell

 

Reflection No. 5: What Purpose Does Pleasant Touch Play?

perception
cognitive psychology
One purpose that “pleasant touch” may serve in humans and animals is developing a sense of trust as it pertains to our survival needs. For example, I have a Boston Terrier…
Apr 28, 2024
Grant Powell

 

Reflection No. 4: Why Our Brains Might Light Up Like a Christmas Tree on an fMRI?

perception
cognitive psychology
music perception
music therapy
The aspects of human behavior that plays the greatest role in causing our brains to light up like a Christmas tree through a brain imaging scan such as an fMRI are emotions…
Apr 28, 2024
Grant Powell

 

Reflection No. 2: The Use of Color Perception for Survival Needs in Modern-day Society

perception
cognitive psychology
Color perception has evolved in human beings. Color perception has changed as our survival needs have changed. Instead of using color for determining if a dangerous animal…
Apr 28, 2024
Grant Powell

 

Reflection No. 1: Thoughts on the Perception of the Human Eye

perception
cognitive psychology
The most striking feature of the human eye and its perception are the Gestalt principles involving grouping. The reason this stands out is because, when I was in high school…
Apr 28, 2024
Grant Powell

 

Reflection No. 3: The Cognitive Psychology Essentials for Cybersecurity Topic of Nudging

cybersecurity
cognitive psychology
(Written in the Spring semester of 2022)
Mar 26, 2024
Grant Powell

 

Reflection No. 2: The Cognitive Psychology Essentials for Cybersecurity Topic of Confirmation Bias

cybersecurity
cognitive psychology
(Written in the Spring semester of 2022)
Mar 26, 2024
Grant Powell

 

Reflection No. 1: The Cognitive Psychology Essentials for Cybersecurity Topic of Attention

cybersecurity
cognitive psychology
(Written in the Spring semester of 2022)
Mar 19, 2024
Grant Powell

Review of Tufte’s Future of Data Analysis Presentation

data analysis
data visualization
I watched a recorded video presentation by Dr. Edward Tufte from 2016 titled “The Future of Data Analysis.” It was a very insightful look into the changing landscape of the…
Sep 20, 2023
Grant Powell

Critique of a Chart

data visualization
cybersecurity
Up above, is a graph I found from Verizon’s 2023 Data Breach Investigative Report, which can be accessed at: https://www.verizon.com/business/resources/reports/dbir/2023/intr…
Sep 11, 2023
Grant Powell
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