PSYC 336 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Parietal Lobe, Brain Damage, Visual Search

• School: University of San Diego
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 336
• Professor: Appleton-Knapp

Document Summary

Inability to assemble the various aspects of input into an organized whole. Able to see an object"s shape and color and position. Cannot put these elements together to perceive the entire object. Problems in her ability to see and assemble the various elements that she sees. Can"t organize the elements they see in order to perceive an entire object. Can see but can"t link what they see to their basic visual knowledge. Variations in the stimulus input object recognition involve some complexity. A sequence of events that is governed by the stimulus input itself. A sequence of events that is heavily shaped by the knowledge and expectations that a person brings to the situation. Many objects can be recognized by virtue of their parts. Recognition might begin with the identification of visual features in the input patter. You can assemble the larger units. Evidence that features play a special role in object recognition.