PSY 0310 Lecture Notes - Face Perception, Depth Perception, Richard N. Aslin
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Face perception: very specialized ability, there are subtle differences between peoples" faces. Infant"s world: william james claimed that it is one great booming, buzzing confusion . 2/20: this includes things like language and face perception. Usually babies learn fear from their parents" reactions: binocular disparity, our two eyes see different angles, the brain can see the difference and interpolates the two pictures. If the object is very close, the two images seen will be very different: this is how we can see three dimensions, richard aslin, experiment. Babies with glasses see a moving circle in front of a background; babies without glasses only see flickering light. 2/20: linear perspective, yonas (video, video from powerpoint, wire cable that appeared to be a box sticking out, but was actually inverted. Integrating information: seeing and hearing, seeing and touching, tasting and smelling, when you cose your eyes and feel something, you can tell what it should look like.
