Exam 3 Flashcards
what is good continuation?
connected points resulting in straoght lines belong together
what is pragnaz?
every stimulus is seen as simply as possible
what is a convex?
borders that bulge out
what is the oblique effect?
where horizontal lines are easier to detect than anything else
what is uniform connectedness?
when objects are defined by areas of the same color or texture
what is binocular rivalry?
when presented to two different stimuli in each eye, the brain can’t fuse those images
What is the FFA?
Fusiform face area: it recognizes faces
what is the. STS?
Superior temporal sulcus: it helps read lips
what cortex of the brain activates when evaluating facial attractiveness
frontal cortex
what is a saccadic eye movement?
a jerky, fast rough movement
what is stimulus salience?
area of stimuli that attracts the attention due to their properties
what is a scene schema?
prior knowledge about what is found in typical scenes
What are the two steps of feature integration theory?
- the preattentive stage
the focused attention stage
what are illusory conjunctions?
features that should be associated with an object become incorrectly associated with another
what lobe is crucial wen doing conjunction search?
the parietal lobe (the direction of the where stream)
