PSYB51H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Zoom Lens, Saccade
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Castle: when you look closely at that picture, it"s not the same, but from far away they look the same. Natural scenes look systematically different than human-made scenes (clean shapes, walls, corners, etc. ) Openness-> how much is your view restricted of the left and right side (ex. a street vs. looking at the ocean from the beach) Depth of a scene (2d or 3d?) Selective attention isa cognitive brain mechanism that enables one to process relevant inputs, thoughts, or actions while ignoring others that are less important, irrelevant or distracting. Attention is notarousal: a global state of the brain reflecting an overall level of responsiveness. (also known as affect intensity in the context of emotions. ) Today: attentional control and models of attention: models of attention, networks of attentional control, disorders of attention. Early vs. late selection (the amount of synapses it takes to drive a neuron ex. neuron and lgn cells) Early selection or early with adaptable filter system.
