PSYA01H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Depth Perception, Necker Cube
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After image comes from ganglion cells, not bipolar. Green signals slower than red, so when there is a drawback the colors shifts. 12,13,14, a,b,c -> depending on the context in which it occurs, our brain will perceive input differently (example of brain working with input) Necker cube -> you can see it in 2 different ways. Memory and experience help us interpret what we see. What is figure and what is ground (object and background object) -> bipolar cells and edges. Sometimes based on other information being processed at the same time, we perceive certain things over others (hag and beautiful woman) A marker of intelligence is not being frightened of complexity. Gestalt psychologists/psychology -> primary purpose of the visual system is the recognition of objects from basic visual elements. Gestalt -> the whole is more than the sum of its parts.
