PSYC100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Binocular Disparity, Prosopagnosia

• School: University of Delaware
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC100
• Professor: Agnes R.Ly

Document Summary

Binocular depth cues: ways that we use visual info from both of our eyes and how we use our two eye to judge distance. Binocular disparity: the difference between what the two eyes see; two eyes are two different perspectives that help us judge distance. Convergence: eyes are moving relative to distance; eyes look inward when objects are closer and then more parallel when an object is further away. Monocular depth cues: cues that your eyes use that only use one eye; used to create depth in a flat image. Linear perspective: linear lines converge as they get farther away. Position within space: where is one thing in relation to another. Occlusion: what you are showing is that objects that block other objects must be closer to you. Attention: helps us figure out what to actually experience and what we don"t need to experience; helps us not be overwhelmed with sensory information, your thresholds aren"t necessarily under our control.