Psychology 2115A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Moon Illusion, Depth Perception, Retina
23 Apr 2013
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Understanding how we perceive position of things in our environment. Need to have an objective knowledge of how the real world is. Retinal mosaic retina is like to a two dimensional mosaic (picture) of what we are seeing. Have to take the two dimensional brightness and colour and use that to figure out the appropriate space perception. Cones and rods are only able to give us this picture but we still manage to see three dimensional objects. Painters have an opposite problem they need to take the three dimensional and turn it into two. Di vinci known for doing a good job at how various cues can be put into the canvas with the perception that there is a third dimension. Every time a desk looks at something they see the same thing the desk. Eye muscles seem reliable source of info. They are coming together and then moving apart.
