PSYC 107 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase, Subjective Constancy, Aerial Perspective
24 Feb 2017
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Perception is the process of making sensations into meaningful experiences (psychological) Sensation physical process, stimulation of our sense organs by features of the outer world. Wa(cid:448)es are(cid:374)"t (cid:272)olor: example: blue and black/white and gold dress. We use to inform us about an objects motion. Background complex is faster than simple. Apparent motion road signs, and christmas lights. Shadows inform motion brain is tricked to know the objects in space. Size small objects appear to move faster than large objects when all else is equal. What allows us to see thing in 3d. Discriminate what is near and what is far. Binocular depth cues rely on both eyes. Each eye has a different image being reflected on the retina. Retinal disparity images from 2 eyes differ, closer the object, the larger the disparity. Convergence neural muscular cue, your eyes turn inward (converge) to view a close object. Monocular depth cues one eye, use different cues.
