Lecture 4

Question 1

How does the brain nagivate our complex visual world?

Answer 1

• bottom up processing
• top down processing

Question 2

Bottom up processing?

Answer 2

I am trying to understand what im looking at by actually seeing it

Question 3

Top down processing?

Answer 3

We have previous expereince in the world, so it would influence how we see the world

Question 4

What is Object Occulsion

Answer 4

• You are able to recignize what you know
• even when seeing something partially, thanks to past experience

Question 5

viewpoint Invariance?

Answer 5

Same chair, but jsut from diffrent angles

Question 6

What are the three theoritical viewpoints?

Answer 6

1. Hemoltz’s theory of unconcious inference
   2.The gestalt principle of organization
2. regularities of environment

Question 7

Hemoltz’s theory of unconcious inference

Answer 7

Likelihod Principle
- Brain looks for what is more likley

Question 8

The gestalt principle of organization

Answer 8

Principle of simplicity
- Things that look alike, the brain groups together
- finds the most simple explanation

Question 9

regularities of environment

Answer 9

• Physical structure will have an influence of what we see
• uses built in assumption
  like ames rom

Question 10

Ames room

Answer 10

• trapazoid shaped room that makes ones person look tall, and the other short.
• people assume wall is normal and not deformed

Question 11

Semantic regularities

Answer 11

• Things that look alike go together
• if you were to see an image of a kitchen, you will recall things that belong there quicker than objects that don’t belong
• Your brain says “based on my experiences “I’m more likley to see something”

Question 12

cortical reorganization

Answer 12

You ability to move other fingers increase, becasue there is more brainpower going to other fingers.

Question 13

Experience dependant plasticity

Answer 13

When you learn something new, such as playing a musical instrument or mastering a new language, your brain forms new connections between neurons.
- or even learning how to identify greebles, and process thme as faces

Question 14

Interaction with Action:

Answer 14

If we were to drink coffee
- our brain has to see the cup
- reach for the cip
- grasp the cup with the right force

Question 15

Parietal lobe goal?

Answer 15

• processes spatial and sensory information, helping you figure out where things are and how to interact with them.
• pushes info to temporal lobe

Question 16

The temporal lobe?

Answer 16

The What pathway because it helps you identify and recognize objects, faces, and details in your environment.
- all the info from parietal is pushed here