PSYCH 2E03 Lecture Notes - Sensory Memory, Face Perception, Psych
12 Jun 2013
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Outline of a rat and a man. Bottom-up: processing is recognizing, based on analysis of details in the incoming information. There is not much prior knowledge of the project. Studying the details of the picture before recognizing the picture as rat or man top-down: processing is recognizing based on prior knowledge of the object. Recognizing an object as rat or man after having seen a picture of rat or man . The man who mistook his wife for a hat. While talking to dr. sacks he would looks at his ears, nose, lips as though they were strange objects. When asked to identify gloves he described them as a series of pouches, meant to save money but not as gloves . He would talk to parking meters and fire hydrants as though they were school kids. When asked to point to his shoes he pointed to his feet.
