PSYC 212 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Moon Illusion, Transverse Plane, Retina

• School: McGill University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 212
• Professor: Reza Farivar

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01/23/2016: a set of axes by which the position or placement of an object (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) Spatial frames of reference: is describe: two types. Head and body movements in space: human dynamics: How your head move around the world video. Why does the video seem nauseating to us, but the actual experience. Brain corrects, discrepancy btw viewer head and video, the brain can use the vestibular signals to correct, you know where your body (eyes" head) are going because you move it (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) Head and body movement in space: proprioceptive and efferent signals. Perception of absolute depth: optical cue retinal image size: Near objects cast a larger retinal image than far objects. We must rely on our prior association or knowledge of the size of common objects. Near objects require greater optical power than more distant ones.