PSYB51H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Illusory Contours, Parahippocampal Gyrus, Fusiform Face Area
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Dorsal stream: processes where, how info (fast, but colorblind: more of the parietal cortex. Ventral stream areas: processes what info: near occipital cortex, stretches to temporal cortex. Dorsal/ventral streams: related to memory, which is related to perception. Object perception: results from middle vision (combining features into objects: can apply to things we"ve never seen, being able to know that it"s an object, and it is there. Recognizing the house with context: ex. this is my house, or my neighbour"s house. Object naming: recognized objects usually have semantic labels and names assigned to them. The object is perceived as a combination of features but not recognized, identified, or named (no trace to memories). Challenges for v1: curved lines, gaps, overlaps. Gestalt: german for whole": the whole is greater than the sum of its parts, wetheimer, k hler, koffka (1920s-50s); palmer and rock (90s, reaction to earlier structuralist school of psych.
