PSYA01H3 Chapter 6: PSYA01 chapter 6 notes
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perception rapid, automatic, unconscious process by which we recognize what is represented by the information provided by our sense organs; not deliberate/effortful. sense organ provide information to guide behavior. often described as hierarchy of information processing. circuits o neurons analyze particular aspects of visual information and send the results of their analysis to another circuit. higher levels of perceptual process interact with memories: person recognizes familiar objects and learns the appearance of new, unfamiliar ones. surface of retina is mapped" on surface of cortex. module block of cortical tissue that receives information from the same group of receptor cells. each module receives information from a small region of one retina: receives information from a small region of the visual field (scene projected on retina) ability to perceive objects and entire visual scenes with the combination of information from different modules.
