PSYC 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Visual Cortex, Dazed, Parallel Computing

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1000
• Professor: Benjamin Giguere

Document Summary

Parallel processing: refers to building out of sensory details processed in different areas of the brain at the same time. Bottom up processing: construct the whole from its parts. Starts with activity in primary visual cortex followed by association cortex. Top down processing: starts without beliefs and expectations which we impose on raw stimuli captured by our senses. Starts with association cortex followed by visual cortex. What is consciousness: every thought tends to be part of a personal consciousness, consciousness is in constant change. In e(cid:448)er(cid:455)o(cid:374)e(cid:859)s personal consciousness thought is sensibly continuous: attends to some parts and of these objects and excludes others (cid:862)e(cid:448)er(cid:455)o(cid:374)e k(cid:374)o(cid:449)s (cid:449)hat atte(cid:374)tio(cid:374) is. William james principal of psychology (cid:862)no o(cid:374)e k(cid:374)o(cid:449)s (cid:449)hat atte(cid:374)tio(cid:374) is, a(cid:374)d there (cid:373)a(cid:455) e(cid:448)e(cid:374) (cid:374)ot (cid:271)e a(cid:374) (cid:858)it(cid:859) there to (cid:271)e k(cid:374)o(cid:449)(cid:374) a(cid:271)out (although of course there (cid:373)ight (cid:271)e(cid:895)(cid:863) Among multiple roles and fundamental one is to guide perception.