PSYA01H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Necker Cube, Ambiguous Image, Gestalt Psychology
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Sensation is the in taking of raw data from vision. Once raw data is transmitted to the brain, the brain is using past exposure to the world and trying to recognize what it is. The context behind the stimulus is essential for our brain to comprehend what we are seeing. E. g. 13 can look like b depending on whether numbers or letters are beside it. E. g. a necker cube, can change one s perception of the cube and it is a reversible figure. The bi-polar cells help to detect the contours of the stimulus and see the edges of the object. A goal in technology is for artificial intelligence to be able to distinguish the objects by it contours and edges and recognize what it is. E. g. two faces vs vase, it is an ambiguous picture depending on what you see as the figure and what is the ground.
