PSYC 2650 Chapter Notes -Template Matching, Necker Cube, Cortical Blindness
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If visual information conflicts with information from other sense, we usually trust our vision. Consists of: form perception (process which you manage to see basic shape and size of object, object recognition (identify what the object is) Without recognition, cannot bring knowledge to bear on the world. Crucial for learning (combining new and old info, categories) Gestalt psychology: organization must be contributed by the perceiver, perceptual whole is often different from the sum of its parts, e. g. Necker cube (more than 1 way to perceive it: e. g. vase vs. face. Neutral in terms of figure / ground organization. Our perception of any form must start with stimulus and must be governed by what is in the stimulus: features must be in place before an interpretation is offered (features govern interpretation) Features one finds in an input depend on how the figure is interpreted: it is the interpretation, not the features, that must be first.