PSYA01H3 Lecture Notes - Prospective Memory, Autobiographical Memory, Frontal Lobe
Document Summary
Psychology-lecture 21- chapter 7 (chapter 6 in textbook) perception. Sensation is the raw energy sensory process of that refered to as bottom up processing. Perception is due to all things such as context, your experiences, your past, etc. Damage to other parts of association cortex can cause an inability to perceive motion (just see snapshots of time not fluid motion) There is another type of people who can see and recognize a person, but they don"t feel familiarity towards them. Figuring out where an object starts and stops called figure vs ground. This would be important for artificial intelligence because it would be handy if they could tell the difference between the object it is looking for and the background. Basic issues-perspective a old woman) what is changing. Context also has to do with how you see things (eg after hearing a story of a old woman then you will probably see.
