PSY 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Binocular Disparity, Subjective Constancy, Parallax

• School: University of Miami
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 110
• Professor: gillis

Document Summary

Visual perception and attention: visual perception of form. Figure ground: you could not see if you could not separate figure from background. Grouping of elements (gestalt laws of grouping) whole more than sum of parts=gestalt. Objects that are close together are perceived as belonging together. Objects that are siilar are perceived as belonging together. We want lines to continue/not start stop start stop . We want to see a finished unit, not pieces (close things) See full circle even if gaps in line of circle. Connect the dots to see simplest image (astrology constellations) Objects that move together are perceived as belonging together. Humans have very good depth perception and vision. Binocular disparity: leads to stereopsis in the brain. Convergence: when you focus on closer objects, eyes converve to taking images from each eye and fusing to one image maintain focus-feel strain on eye muscles. Motion parallax: relative motion; objects closer to you seem to move faster.