PSYC 2650 Lecture Notes - Necker Cube, Simple Features, Fire Detection
4 Oct 2012
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Cog psych ch3 learning about the world around us. Others pick out specific patterns of movement or fire when certain angles or notches in view. Even neurons (in monkey"s brain) fire only when monkey"s hand in vew (whether fingers stretched out or clenched in fist) or only when another monkey"s face is view. Visual perception involves far more than simple detection of stimulus input"s properties. One consideration,input"s various attributes detected by separate brain systems, Further step required to reunite various attributes so we recognize ex a squirrel that brown and moving and leaves that are green. Large role the perceiver plays-not just as a detector of incoming information, but as active interpreter of information. Receive information about world through various sensory modalities: No question, though that for humans vision is the dominant sense. Reflected in how much brain area devoted to vision compared any of the other senses.
