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what is visual perception

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the ability to determine the surfaces in the surrounding environment and make interpretations about them

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how do we interpret our environment

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by receiving light in the visible spectrum reflected by objects in the environment and giving meaning to this information

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what is object perception

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  • quickly determine what is and what is not an object

* finding your way around

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what is depth perception

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assess the distance object is away

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what is motion perception

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workout whether object is moving towards you/away from you

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what does object perception require

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*interpretation of information form the retina

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what is perception a form of

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problem solving

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when id Gestalt psychology begin

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in the early 20th centur

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what do Gestalt psychologists perceive objects as

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well-organised patterns rather than separate and individual components

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what is Gestalt psychology based on

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the concept of grouping

  • organisation of single elements and features into a coherent whole
  • the whole is greater than the sum of its part
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what does Gestalt Psychologists say about the unified whole

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that its different from the sums of the parts

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what is Gestalt organisation a tool for

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aiding solving item detection

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when is Gestalt organisation detected

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early in visual processing

*are automatic so difficult to get your head around

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what does Gestalt organisation aid

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the segmentation of objects in a scene

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Infants and Gestalt psychology

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infants show tendency to follow some Gestalt organisation principles

  • others are acquired during later child hood
  • exploration and assimilation
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what do we do to stimuli

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we impose visual organisation on stimuli

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Gestalt principles of visual perception - laws of grouping

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gestalt laws of grouping organise the visual scene into units

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Gestalt principles of visual perception - goodness of figure

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goodness of figure (Law of Pragnanz) creates the simplest most meaningful pattern

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Gestalt principles of visual perception - figure/ground relationships

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figure/ground relationships define important parts of the scene

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Gestalt grouping principle - A-G

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A. proximity
B. colour
C. size
D. orientation
E. shape
F. closure
G. symmetry
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how do Gestalt features aid segmentation into items?

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the proximity principle

*group items/inputs which are spatially close to each other

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how else could you group items

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lightness, colour, size, orientation, common region, connectedness

*similar motion behaviour (common fate) is also a factor…

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what are other Gestalt Features

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  • information interpretation
  • texture segregation
  • pop-out and emergence
  • perception and top-down influence
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what is information interpretation

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  • constructive perception
  • process is quick
  • allows fast responses and decisions
  • but sometimes contradictory/wrong…
  • optical illusions
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what are the biological implications of perception
* increased no. of celss in the fovea - 140,000 cone cells in each square mm - no rods in the fovea *cones sensitive to colour * rods more sensitive to light - no role in colour - can respond to a single photon
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what is eye movements role in perception
eye movements direct the fovea * improve vision of particular area of visual field * constant eye position - fixation * eye movement - saccade
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whats covert attentions role in perception
allows detection of info not in the fovea | *planning of next eye movement
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what is attention shifts role in perception
attention shifts always precedes an eye movement | *but not vice versa
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what are the two types of factor that affect deployment of attention
* stimulus-driven * top-down * they interact to aid object detection
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what is a stimulus-driven factor
* flashing light * on-rushing object/rhino * bright object
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what is a top-down factor
* what you are interested in | * what you are looking for
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what is motion perception
out brains can detect changes in patterns of light over time and space
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how does our brain perceive motion
though out brain is sensitive to motion it cannot detect all forms - motions can be too slow or too fast for us to perceive
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motion perception is relative
* it is v hard to perceive whether a single dot in a dark room is moving or not unless the motion is very fast * as soon as a second dot is added it is much easier to perceive the motion
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when do further complications occur in the relative nature of motion perception
when one has a moving surround within a surround
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what is the aperture problem
where viewing of motion is restricted it is impossible to fully determine the direction a motion signal
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the kinetic depth effect - Wallach and O'Connell (1953)
* ps observed image of a piece of twisted wire * when static - appeared to be a 2D form of its shadow * its £D structure was immediately obvious as the wire was rotated
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motion on the retina and £D objects
motion on the retina is a rich source of cues as to the 3D structure of an object as it moves through space
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motion
motion is one way we can distinguish living from non-living things from their distinct movement patterns
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the brain and motion
the brain is remarkably good at using motion info to identify animals and animal behaviours
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what is apparent motion
the (illusory) impression of smooth motion resulting from the rapid alteration of objects appearing in different locations i rapid succession
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what is the motion correspondence problem
* working out what went where.. * all logically possible motion trajectories * the brain uses a set of rules to determine correspondence such as proximity is space and time
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how can motion perception sometimes be induced
by eye movements or by fatigue or low-level receptors
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what is motion a useful cue for
determining surfaces and grouping and detection and identification of other animals
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when is motion perceived
where objects onset in sequence (apparent motion)
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what does motion perception require
the brain to impose rules (the correspondence problem)
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what are two types of ocular cues - how does the brain work out how far away things are
* accommodation | * convergence
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what is accomodation
the lens of the eye contracts when an object is near, to maintain focus *monocular cue
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what is convergence
the eyes turn inwards (or converge) as something is close to us *binocular cue
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where is visual info processed - stereopsis
* in the occipital lobes - via LGN - spatial configuration maintain (retinotopic) * upside down BUT each side of the visual field projects tp the contralateral hemisphere -one side of one eye linked to the opposite hemisphere to the other side
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two different images from each retina - stereopsis
* 2 different images from each retina - images projected to separate hemispheres * eyes are 6cm apart * 2 images are different * brain can combine them into a single coherent object - "cyclopian perception" * comparison process * differences tell the brain about depth
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distance of item calculated - stereopsis
* communication across the corpus callosum | * the greater the convergence, the closer the object is
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where is stereopsis used
* 3D cinemas - different coloured lens - lens with different polarities - different images *stereograms ("magic eye" pictures)
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Motion parallax - kinetic cues
* inferred from the difference in information received by both eyes * closer objects move faster * relative motion of stationary objects against a background
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looking out a train window.. - kinetic cues
* nearby things pass quickly | * far off objects appear stationary
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what is optic flow - kinetic cues
the impression of visual information moving towards or away from us as we move through space * pattern or apparent motion * perception of movement
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what do changes in our position result in - kinetic cues
a displacement in the optic array
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objects in motion become smaller or larger... - kinetic cues
* appear to recede into the distance or move farther away | * increase in size as they come closer
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kinetic depth perception
*infer 3D structural form
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what is Gibson - kinetic cues
* possibilities for action | * unique, unambiguous interpretation of 3D motion and depth
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Optic array - kinetic cues
optic array is a 3D bundle of light rays * all info reaching the retina * 'texture' of this array - distance,speed
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what as some kinetic cues
* cues from personal movement * landing a plane * getting up * moving left to right
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what are 8 pictoral cues
``` 1 perspectives 2 relative size 3 familiar size 4 aerial perspective 5 superposition/occusion 6 texture gradient 7 elevation 8 lighting and shading ```
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perspective - pictoral cues
* parallel lines converging at infinity * reconstruct the relative distance of 2 parts of an object * or of landscape features
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relative size - pictoral cues
* same size objects | * those that look larger see closer
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familiar size - pictorial cues
* distance of object you see everyday | * relative size of object on retina - distance object away
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aerial perspective - pictorial cues
* light scattering by the atmosphere * objects far away appear more hazy and bluer * this can be taken as an indication of distance
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superposition/occlusion - pictorial cues
* objects are blocked by those in front of them | * not always correct
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texture gradient - pictorial cues
*things further away tend to be more 'densely packed together'
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elevation - pictorial cues
objects closer to the horizon are further away
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lighting and shading - pictorial cues
shape of objects and position in space
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what is required for survival
speedy processing of visual info

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