PSYCH 3GG3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Face Perception, Institute For Operations Research And The Management Sciences, Fetus
9 Mar 2020
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If people are blind and have vision returned in adulthood, they can"t process things such as depth, gender, or recognize peoples" faces. this says that during adolescence you require visual input especially face perception case study of michael mays. Different colours finding your blind spot: your brain fills in that area. When you watch a movie: you"re only seeing multiple still images, but your brain creates fluid motion. Instinct blindness makes the process invisible to us. Not really to see the world as it is. (based on empiricist view that everything comes from the mind) We don"t see the world accuratrly (depends on our perception) Not to see pretty things painful sensations are functional. The function is to allow us to behave sensibly in the world in accordance to our reproductive interests. Different species have different adaptive problems, so perceptual systems in different animals vary for their fitness needs. larger animals hear lower pitches (to communicate)
