CGSC 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Shepard Tone, Ok Go, Nociceptor
21 Mar 2017
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The processing of information from the body or environment and its transformation into meaningful representations that can be used in the service of reasoning and action. Perceptual modality: a stable form of perception which is structured not just by the biological sensitivities of the agent, but by their goals and the set of skills or expertise which they are deploying at a given time. Visual perception is the process of converting light information into information that can be used by a perceiver. Human eye is not perfect (blind spot) perfect example of this blind spot comes into effect is when driving, that blind spot, we must turn our head around. Rods: most light sensitive photoreceptive cells in the retina. Good for monochrome vision in low light (night vision) Correspond to short (blue), medium (green) and long wavelengths (red) see color. Some people have an extra cone which allows them to see more colors than normal human beings.
