AUPSY 263 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Binocular Disparity, Parallax, Agnosia

• School: University of Alberta
• Department: Augustana Faculty - Psychology
• Course: AUPSY 263
• Professor: Kathie Bailey

Document Summary

Different images that we take in that go to brain. Get compared and that"s how we determine depth. Eyes turn inward with approach of object. Each eye"s muscles adjust to help us perceive depth. Pictorial clues tell us about depth in a picture and where it is in a picture. Interposition one object partially covers another. Linear perspective lines make a difference in how we perceive things. Texture gradients we perceive things differently based on where texture gr. Motion parallax motion gives you an idea of where something is. Driving to bc down transcan, mountains don"t change size very quickly because they are far away something is, but if you look at the km markers on the side of the road. Multiple cue provide information across very different circumstances. There is some redundancy because several cues are giving us the same information, but we also use flexibility. Gives us a good idea of judging distance accurately.