PSYCH 2H03 Lecture 2: Visual Perception
30 Jan 2016
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The brain automatically integrates information about retinal image, distance, movement, and other factors, giving the perception that objects are physically constant they"re getting larger or smaller: size constancy as objects move closer or further away, we don"t think, shape constancy objects are perceived as the same shape when viewed from different angles, despite different retinal images of the same object, brightness constancy brightness of an object is perceived relative to its background, e. x. checkerboard mixing info what we know about checkerboards, expectations, integrate with cells in brain top down and bottom up processing b, background light source, colour, colour constancy colour of an object is perceived relative to its background we discount illumination fruit bowl, still see banana as yellow a, e. x. the dress (white and gold) was an issue of colour constancy c. those who saw white and gold used more top down processes.
