PSYCH 2AA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Vanishing Point, Depth Perception, Visual Acuity
27 Feb 2018
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Each image randomly appeared on right or left, so babies should look at more complex image. Keep going until baby shows no preference. Takes some experience tracking to become adult-like. 6 month old = good at tracking. Only problem is with higher pitched tones. Ability to locate sounds is less impressive. Depends on which ear the sound is louder in = confusion. Adults can tell where the sound is coming from 4 degrees off the midline. 2 month old can locate 27 degrees off the midline. Learn very quickly to accurately locate sounds. Takes picture or babies before tasting anything. Cues produced by movement (of object or observer: optical expansion. All parts of object get bigger and bigger. Able to perceive depth by about 1 month: motion parallax. When we move, objects nearer to us seem to move by faster than objects that are further away. Binocular cues (about 4 months) your eye)
