PSYC 2390 Chapter Notes -Illusory Contours, Contact Lens, Zoom Lens
1 Aug 2013
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We are pretty good at object perception: sometimes more challenging than others. Different patterns can emerge at different times, differences in organizing information. Deciding what goes together to define object. Need to be able to recognize what you see and understand what to do under this context: basis of intelligent behaviour learn from experiences so you don t make same mistake twice. Needed in order to name things: sometimes might not be able to name something but would be able to recognize it (sense of familiarity, biederman machine. Even a bizarre object that you have never seen, doesn t take long to form memory of it. Take visual scene, must perceive object and form representation in your mind: representation way of symbolizing info to yourself, when you see elephant in mind, have pattern of activity that. Needed in order to perceive object as whole and then coordinate your body accordingly. Stimulus on the receptors is ambiguous: inverse projection problem.
