PSYA01H3 Lecture : Chapter notes
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The primary function of the sense organs is to provide information to guide behaviour. Perception a rapid, automatic, unconscious process by which we recognize what is represented by the information provided by our sense organs. We do not first see the object and then perceive it; we simply perceive the object. The ambiguous objects that require some research are more similar to problem solving than perception. The optic nerves send visual information to the thalamus, which relays information to the primary visual cortex, located in the occipital lobe at the back of the brain. In turn, neurons in the primary visual cortex send visual information to 2 successive levels of the visual association cortex. The first level, located in the occipital lobe, surrounds the primary visual cortex. The second level is divided into 2 parts, one in the middle of the parietal lobe and one in the lower part of the temporal lobe.
