PSY 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Visual Cortex, Temporal Lobe, Agnosia

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 1101
• Professor: Brenda Baird

Document Summary

Visual association cortex (ability to see) the graph eye,thalamus,primary visual cortex. problems/damages in areas will result in someone not understanding what they"re seeing. Perietal lobe (visual neglect when you can"t see something on one side unless you dress all your attention to it) perception of form. Boundary: edges formed by abrupt changes in brightness, colour, texture. Our eye-brain system rst discerns an object as distinct from the background. Proximity: seeing 3 pair of lines in a. Similarity: seeing columns of orange and red dots in b. Continuity: seeing lines that connect 1 to 2 and 3 to 4 in. Visual cues to depth or distance that require the use of both eyes. Convergence: turning inward of the eyes, which occurs when they focus on a nearby object (your eyes move when you look at something) Texture gradient: as you move father away, gradient of __ becomes less rm. Interposition: if something is blocking something (man blocking a house)