PSY 1101 Lecture Notes - Delta Wave, Non-Rapid Eye Movement Sleep, Waking Life

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 1101
• Professor: Rosalinde Klempan

Document Summary

Depth perception: our capacity to have 3-d perception which enables us to judge distance (retina only receives two dimensions) Platform covered in plexiglass and checkerboard pattern underneath 1/2 (as if forming a cliff) Evidence that even 2 month old infants perceive the depth. Cue to the relative distance of different objects. Brain compares slightly different retinal images and the. Difference (desparity) is a cue to relative distance of different. Eyes turn inward to view a close object. On angle of convergence and uses info to. Depend on these cues when objects are at great distance and retinal. Disparity is slight (beyond 10 to 12 feet) The object partly blocking view of another is perceived as closer. If objects are of similar size, the one casting smaller retinal image is. Hazy objects perceived as farther away than clear ones (hazier. Gradual change from a course, distinct texture to a fine, indistinct. Texture: perceived as increasing distance (far-away objects: smaller.