PSYCO367 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Vertical Bar, Retina, Optical Flow
9 May 2016
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Motion helps us understand events in our environment. Akinetopsia: motion blindness: caused by damage to the mt (v5) area, cannot perceive fluid motion (person just seems to appear in one location then the next) Attentional capture: motion can attract our attention, what do you do when you are trying to get the attention of your friend from across a noisy pub? (wave, motion can be a powerful tool, predator-prey. Freezing behaviour of prey makes it more difficult of the predator to perceptually separate the prey from the surroundings. Movement of objects or the observer"s movement assists in organization and perception of stimuli. Real motion: when there is actual motion occurring. Illusory motion: perception of motion that is not truly occurring (ex. apparent motion) Motion aftereffect: staring at a moving stimulus causes the perception that a stationary stimulus is moving: ex. after staring at a waterfall, if you look to the side, everything may appear to be moving upwards.
