PSYC 100 Chapter Notes -Linguistic Relativity, Distinctive Feature, Phi Phenomenon

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 100
• Professor: Ingrid Johnsrude

Document Summary

Visual perception the process by which we recognize what is represented by in the information provided by our sense organs. Gives unity and coherence to this input. A block of cortical tissue that receives information from the same group of receptor cells. All the neurons within a module receive information from the same small region of the retina. Receptive field the portion of the visual cortex in which presentation of visual stimuli will produce an alternation in the firing rate of a particular neuron. Ventral stream the flow of information from the primary visual cortex to the visual association area lower temporal lobe. Used to form the perception of an objects shape, colour, and orientation. The flow of information from the primary visual cortex to the visual association area. Used to form perception of an objects location in 3 dimensional space. Involved in visual attention and control of eye movements. Perception of spatial location, perception of movement.