UNIT 3 and UNIT 4

Question 1

Neural convergence

Answer 1

firing rate depends on the amount of light stimulating the sensory receptors

Question 2

grating stimulus

Answer 2

adaptation process where the difference in alternating bars can be barely seen

Question 3

selective rearing

Answer 3

an animal which lives in a specific environment will have more neurons which respond to that specific environment

Question 4

‘What’ pathway

Answer 4

objects identity in temporal lobe

Question 5

‘Where/How’ pathway

Answer 5

object’s location or interaction in parietal lobe

Question 6

Inverse projection problem

Answer 6

an image on the retina can be created by various objects

Question 7

viewpoint invariance

Answer 7

we are able to recognize objects from different viewpoints

Question 8

perceptual organization

Answer 8

how elements tend to group together

Question 9

figure-ground segregation

Answer 9

how an object is separated from another

Question 10

Pragnanz “good figure”

Answer 10

the structure as simple as possible

Question 11

proximity

Answer 11

objects close together tend to be grouped

Question 12

similarity

Answer 12

similar objects tend tobe grouped

Question 13

good continuation

Answer 13

objects that if joined will give a straight or smooth curved line

Question 14

common region

Answer 14

elements in the same region tend to be grouped together

Question 15

uniform connectedness

Answer 15

connected region seem a single unit

Question 16

synchrony

Answer 16

elements that happen at the same time tend to be grouped together

Question 17

common fate

Answer 17

elements that move together in the same direction are believed to be grouped together

Question 18

familiarity

Answer 18

familiar or meaningful objects tend to be grouped together

Question 19

closure

Answer 19

fragmentary stimuli is completed

Question 20

apparent movement

Answer 20

illusion of movement

Question 21

illusory contours

Answer 21

illusion of contour by contrast of colors

Question 22

bistable figures

Answer 22

stimuli that can be represented in 2 different ways

Question 23

geons

Answer 23

geometric icons used to recognize objects

Question 24

NAPs

Answer 24

properties of edges

Question 25

semantic regularities

Answer 25

functions in scenes

Question 26

theory of unconscious inference

Answer 26

using knowledge to infer what is present in a scene

Question 27

Fusiform Face Area

Answer 27

perceives faces. Contains amygdala (emotions) // superior temporal sulcus (mouth movements) // frontal cortex (evaluating appearance)

Question 28

extrastriate body area

Answer 28

perceives bodies

Question 29

parahippocampal place area

Answer 29

perceives places

Question 30

grill spector experiment

Answer 30

face and then mask and you are asked what you see

Question 31

Tong and Coworkers experiment

Answer 31

One eye you see a house, other a face. When you see the house the parahippocampal place area is activated and when you see the face the Fusiform face area is activated