PSYC 213 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Fusiform Face Area, Superior Temporal Sulcus, Impossible Object

• School: McGill University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 213
• Professor: Signy Sheldon

Document Summary

Visual perception [continued: mcgurk effect [going back on the subject]: not everybody is susceptible to it. They look at the left superior temporal sulcus, which is important for audiovisual integration during speech perception and is more active for people who experienced it. Retinotopic map [going back on the subject of from the eyes to the brain] : the neurons/how they"re placed is based on the information received from the retina. Damage along what/where: selective deficit in the area, i. e. deficit in motion perception when damage to the "where" pathway -> seeing the world in stop motion [akinetopsia] The brain and perception: visual agnosia: with visual agnosia, can"t name or identify particular objects, we can actually see further selectivity in what objects people have a problem identifying based on the location of brain damage. Prosopagnosia: inability to recognize faces while still being able to recognize other visual objects. 1 form: problem perceiving faces, they look contorted.