PSYB51H3 Lecture Notes - Color Constancy, Monochromacy, Opponent Process
2 Oct 2013
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Had lil figures and they were trained to recognize them. Found that those who were trained to recognize greebles a specific brain area lite up and there was increase activity in the fusiform face area. The fusiform face area is not really a face area, but a place that whatever you expertise on that"s what your gonna recognize. For sure in the right hemi, its for visual expertise of objects not just faces. We can see 3 colors, based on our 3 cones. We have single light source-the sun and its white light. Colors are physical response from waves, its caused by reflection. At night we only use our rods, respond to same wavelengths and you only see things in 1 dimension in blck and white. Green filter: if we just had a green filter you would see nose and stars have same luminense. Cant distinguish between colors with just a green filter,
