PSY274H5 Lecture Notes - Mcgurk Effect, Walkover, Charades
Document Summary
Two channels of communication: vocal auditory, manual visual. Multimodal aspects of communication: eye gaze the iris in humans lacks pigmentation. Hence, visible portion of the eye is large for the body in terms of size. It is easy to see where a person is looking or the point of gaze. In case of gorillas, their iris has pigmentation hence, their eyes look small. Humans eyes are evolved in such a way that they can optimize their ability to track: facial expressions- there is a cross-cultural similarity in how facial expressions are similar. Example: disgust, joy, anger, surprise etc: audio-visual integration when people talk, they use both audio and visual information. Shows automatic integration of visual and auditory information. What one hears with their eyes closed ( gaga) is different from what they hear with them open ( dada ): communication in preverbal and older children.
