PSYC 2220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Biological Motion, Georg Simmel, Illusory Motion
22 Nov 2017
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Understanding events - we interpret a situation based on actions, such as how someone is feeling. Hieder & simmel example of how we make stores of movement based on what we see. Attracting attention - linked to survival in environment. 2: attentional capture - motion attracts attention to the moving object. Predator used movement to locate prey, is prey doesn"t move it is less like to be noticed: information about objects, movement closer, away or around can clarify what objects are, di erent perspectives. Damage to the cortex resulting in inability to perceive movement extremely debilitating and dangerous for the patient. Real motion - we see an that is physically moving **** Illusory motion - we perceive that an object is moving when it is not. Apparent movement - stimuli that does not move but is presented in di erent locations which we interpret as movement.
