Scientists who study perception and sensation have long understood the human senses as adaptations.

Acousticians study the production, processing and perception of speech.

This began through his own research when he began to study sensation and perception as being active, rather than passive processes.

Current research is employing the 'ganzfeld' procedure to study extrasensory perception (ESP).

It is used to study human stereoscopic perception.

The psychology of dance is an interdisciplinary field that studies the cognition and perception of watching and participating in dance.

One tool for studying visual perception is by looking at how people process optical illusions.

Irvin Rock (1922-1995) was an experimental psychologist who studied visual perception at the University of California at Berkeley.

While continuing his research into the relationship between climate and grapes, Dr. Amerine also began to study sensory perception.

Today both mathematicians and psychologists use his drawings as templates for studying visual perception.