Just wanted to share a story. I used the prism goggles in Intro for the
first time today. I had several students come up to the board and write an
animal word, then I had one more student do it but I handed him the goggles
to put on first. Watching him trip over desks and have trouble taking the
chalk from my hand demonstrated the difficulty he was having with the
sensory input, and the fact that he was able to complete the task
demonstrated his ability to use sensory information from other sources to
move around. Then I used the words that were written on the board in various
fonts, sizes, and orientations to illustrate feature matching, letter
recognition, word superiority effect, context effects, and other perceptual
concepts. Went over well. I couldn't get any volunteers to wear the goggles
all day to experience perceptual adaptation though!
Nathalie Cote
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Beth Benoit [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2000 8:36 AM
> To: Kathleen Morgan; TIPS
> Subject: Re: Looking for the Prism Glasses Guy
>
>
> Hi Kathy,
>
> It's Jim Matiya you're looking for. He's at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> I have two different pair of his wonderful prism glasses.
> Always a huge hit
> in class. He's a goldmine of psych. ideas. He also puts out
> a newsletter
> of psych. ideas called "Psychsig." Ask him about it, because he's too
> modest and won't toot his own horn enough. He makes or finds
> all kinds of
> things that have to do with psychology - stamps and buttons, even
> brain-shaped lollipops.
>
> Good luck,
>
> Beth Benoit
> University of Massachusetts Lowell
>
> ----------
> >From: Kathleen Morgan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >Subject: Looking for the Prism Glasses Guy
> >Date: Tue, Sep 19, 2000, 6:51 PM
> >
>
> >
> > Hi Tipsters!
> >
> > Somewhere out there in TIPS land, I know there is someone
> who sells prism
> > glasses. Might that person please contact me? Or if you
> know the person
> > I need to communicate with, please email me offline.
> >
> > Thanks!:-)
> > --Kathy Morgan
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
>
