PSYA01H3 Chapter 7: Chapter 7 Notes
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primary function of senses is to guide behaviour. perception a rapid, automatic, unconscious process by which we recognize what is represented by information provided by our sense organs. if we see something ambigious and must figure out what it is, it is problem solving, not perception. first level located in occipital lobe, surrounds primary visual cortex. second level divided into 2 parts, one is middle of parietal lobe and one in lower part of temporal lobe. knowledge of early stages of visual analysis comes from investigations of activity of individual neurons in thalamus and primary visual cortex. david hubel and torsten wiesel inserted microelectrodes into regions of visual system in anasthetized cats and monkeys (unconsious but visual system still active) to detect aps produced by individual neurons. found place in visual field with most response and objects with most response.
