PSYC 221 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Gestalt Psychology, Mcgurk Effect, Ebbinghaus Illusion
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How to study subliminal perception: ex gun shot wound, blind sight video. Do not have conscious access yet if forces to respond they will answer correctly. Receive info from left and right eye. Glasses make sure each eye looks independently. Separate visual systems for different computational demands- conscious and unconscious. Gradient of texture density: gives your eyes clues about how near/far they are, more dense= closer to you, eyes have learned this over time. Topological breakage: two surfaces that meet (floor and wall, at that point there is a break occurring where the surfaces aren"t the same anymore, eyes perceive it as informative, change in texture. Perception and the environment: theories of ecological optics: gibson (1961, 1966) Perception is based in direct contact of sensory organs with stimulus energy emanating from the environment: ambient optical array (aoa) The patterns of light reflected from surfaces and objects at a given point of observation.
