Chapter 6-Space Perception and Binocular Vision Flashcards
Realism
The external world exists
Positivists
The world depends on the evidence of the senses; it could be hallucination
Euclidian Geometry
Parallel lines remain parallel as they are extended in space
Is the retinal image Euclidian?
No- brain works with non- Euclidian dimensions all the time
Rabbit Visual field :
Prey- who is going to eat me
can see all around and above
Human visual field
Predator- Who am I going to eat
Since eyes at the front can only see in front a little to the sides
Probability summation
- The increased probability of detecting a stimulus from having two or more samples
- since we have two eyes focusing on same thing we can protect one thing (ex food)
Binocular Summation
The combination (or summation) of signals from each eye in ways that make performance on may tasks better with eyes than with either eye alone
Binocular Disparity
The differences between the two retinal images of the same scene
Depth cue
Information about the third dimension (depth) of visual space
Monocular Depth cue
A depth cue that is available even when the world is viewed with one eye alone
-predator and prey can do this
Binocular Depth Cue
A depth cue that relies on information from both eyes
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Occlusion or interposition
A cue to relative depth order in which for example one object partially obstructs the view of another object
Metrical depth cue
A depth cue that provides quantitative information about distance in the third dimension
Nonmetrical depth cue
A depth cue that provides information about the depth order (relative depth but not depth magnitude
Relative size
A comparison of size between items without knowing the absolute size of either one
Relative height
For objects touching the ground those higher in the visual field appear to be farther away in the sky above the horizon objects lower in the visual field appear to be farther away
Texture gradient
A depth cue based on the same geometric fact that items of the same size form smaller closer spaced images the farther away they get
A familiar size
A cue based on knowledge of the typical size of objects
-if you know size of something you can guess distance based on size you see
Relative metrical depth cue
A depth cue that could specify, for example, that object A is twice as far away as object B without providing information about the absolute distance to either A or B
Absolute metrical depth cue
A depth cue that provides quantifiable information about distance in the third dimension (eg his nose sticks out 4cm infront of his face