PSYA02H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Phi Phenomenon, Sound Localization, Parallax
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The primary function of the sense organs is to provide info. to guide behavior. Perception: a rapid, automatic, unconscious process by which we recognize what id represented by the info. Visual perception is often described as a hierarchy of info processing- circuits of neu- rons analyze particular aspects of visual info and send the results of their analysis to an- other circuit. etc. David and wiesel: inserted micro-electrodes into various regions of the visual systems of cats and monkeys to detect the action potentials produced by individual neurons. The signals picked up by the micro-electrodes are electronically amplified and sent to a recording device for further analysis. Concluded: the geography of the visual field is retained in the primary visual cortex. Module: a block of cortical tissue that receives info from the same group of receptor cells (in the retina).
