PSYC 2250 Lecture Notes - Lecture 31: Parallax
19 May 2017
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Newborn"s perception of object is limited, but develops rapidly in the first few months after birth. Allows infants to make sense of their environment. Size constancy realization that an object"s actual size remains the same despite changes in the size of its retinal image shape, brightness, color constancies babies will acquire these very early about 4 months. A glass covered platform; on one side, a pattern appears directly under the glass, but on the other, it appears deveral feet below the glass. Important cue is motion, elements that move together are usually part of the same object. Refers to the fact that nearby objects move across our visual field faster than those at a distance. Motion parallax speed of near and far object moving across visual field. Refers to the fact that nearby moving objects move across our visual field faster than those at distance.
