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Sensation & Perception Part B Flashcards

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How do we perceive depth?

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by using different cues, divided into 3 groups:
oculomotor cues
monocular cues
binocular cues

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example of binocular disparity

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If you hold your finger out at arm’s length and then look at it alternately with your left eye only and then your right eye only, the image of your finger relative to the world behind it will shift somewhat. This is binocular disparity, which helps provide the basis for the determination of depth.

RELATIVE DISPARITY DOES NOT CHANGE BUT ABSOLUTE DISPARITY DOES

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What is the correspondence image?

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  • retinal images can be ambiguous
  • if there are multiple identical objects in the scene it can be hard to figure out which images in the left retinal image should be associated with which images in the right retinal image
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how can the correspondence problem be resolved?

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if the objects in the visual scene are made distinct from one another by colour e.g. the associations become unambiguous

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what is the horopter?

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the plane containing all points that will fall on corresponding parts of the 2 retinas

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size constancy equation

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S= K x (R x D)

S = apparent size of object
K is constant
R = size of retinal image
D = perceived distance to object

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Size illusions - how do they work?

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if an object appears closer than it really is, it will appear SMALLER than it really is and vice versa
e.g. Ames Room

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Holway & Boring (1941)

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  • investigated how observers estimate size of objects –> how DEPTH cues influence size judgments
  • observer sat at intersection of 2 corridors & could view a test circle in 1 corridor & comparison circle in another corridor
  • their task was to adjust the size of the comparison circle to match the size of the test circle
  • test circles were of dif sizes by were presented at dif. distances so that their angular size was always the same
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REVIEW HOLWAY & BORING (1941)

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condition 1: observers could determine the depth of the test patch using binocular disparity, motion parallax, & shadows

condition 2: observes viewed the test circle with one eye to remove binocular disparity cues

condition 3: observers viewed the test circle through a peephole to remove motion parallax cues

condition 4: in addition viewing the circle through a peephole, drapes were used to remove shadows

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How are depth & size related?

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how big an object appears can affect how far away it appears & how far away an object appears can affect how big it appears

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how can the correspondence problem be resolved?

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if the objects in the visual scene are made distinct from one another by colour e.g. the associations become unambiguous

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What determines the perceived size of an object?

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its angular size
its perceived depth

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angular size

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the visual angle an object subtends
the closer an object is to person, the larger its angular size

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what is size constancy?

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the phenomenon where an object’s apparent size does not depend on its physical distance

 When an object is far away it appears to
be the same size as when is it closer…
 …even though its visual angle is much
larger in the latter case

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how to achieve size constancy?

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consider both the size of the retinal image AND the distance of the object

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if someone misestimates the distance of an object. . .

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they will probably misestimate the SIZE of the object

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What did holway & boring (1941) conclude?

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  • concluded that when there are sufficient depth cues, the size of the test patch can be accurately estimated
  • when there are not sufficient depth cues, the apparent size of the test patch is BIASED towards the VISUAL ANGLE

further away test patches are PERCEIVED AS SMALLER THAN THEY REALLY ARE

Accurate size estimates can occur only
when distance to the object can be
estimated accurately

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Ames room illusion

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When a person moves to the left-hand side of the room, they are actually further away and the ceiling is higher. They appear as a smaller image on your retina and you therefore perceive them as small. The opposite effect occurs on the right-hand side of the room

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physical definition of sound

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sound is PRESSURE CHANGES in the air or other medium (e.g. sound waves in water)

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perceptual definition of sound

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sound is the EXPERIENCE (i.e. sensation) we have when we hear

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pressure waves (sound waves) move through air & water at. . .

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air: 340 m/s
water: 1,500 m/s
each air molecule is just moving back & forth to create regions of high + low pressure

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when does a PURE tone occur?

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occurs when the change in air pressure occurs in a pattern described by a mathematical function called a sine wave (w/ amplitude)

time on x axis, air pressure on y axis

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the higher the frequency, the ___ the pitch

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higher

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1 Hz = ?

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1 oscillation per second
humans can hear tones ranging from about 20 Hz to about 20,000 Hz

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the greater the amplitude, the ____ a sound seems
louder
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amplitude in measured in. . .
decibels dB = 20 x log(p/po) where p is the pressure (amplitude) of the sound (measured in micropascals) po is the reference pressure, usually set to 20 micropascals
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the 200 Hz is known as ?
the fundamental frequency & it is also known as the 1st harmonic 400 Hz = 2nd harmonic 600 Hz = 3rd harmonic 800 Hz = 4th harmonic because the 1st harmonic is 200 Hz, this means that the wave repeats every 5 ms
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Perceptually, how is loudness measured?
it is measured in phons (units of loudness for pure tones)
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For a pure tone, pitch is determined by. . .
FREQUENCY
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For a complex tone, pitch is USUALLY determined by. . .
the fundamental frequency
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pitch is described in
in terms of musical notes (A, B, C) all notes corresponding to the same letter are multiples of the same frequency
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what is a complex tone?
the summation of 2 or more pure tones
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neighbouring letters of the same type (C1 & C2 e.g.) are separated by. . .
an octave
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notes with the same letter. . .
sound similar - they are said to have the same chroma
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as one moves from left to right on the piano keyboard, the . . .
tone height increases
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pitch is a psychology variable with 2 attributes:
1. tone height (increases from left to right in continuous matter on piano keyboard) 2. chroma
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chroma
it is cyclic in that neighbouring letters of the same type sound similar
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Explain the concept of missing fundamental
- complex tones can be decomposed into their constituent frequency components - for MANY SOUNDS, the frequency components are multiples of a particular frequency called the FUNDAMENTAL FREQUENCY - e.g. 200 is the fundamental frequency of 400, 600, 800 etc. - the complex tone will continue to repeat at the fundamental frequency even when the it is absent - humans will perceive this "missing fundamental"
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The missing fundamental will determine. . .
the PITCH of the complex tone (even though it is absent)
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timbre
as harmonics are removed, the pitch does not change but the tone still sounds different
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when 2 dif instruments play the same note, they don't sound the same. Why? (due to dif timbres)
because in addition to playing the fundamental frequency, each instrument plays many of the harmonics (i.e. multiples) of the fundamental frequency the amplitudes of these harmonics will be dif so the resultant waveform is dif so the sounds are dif so the timbres are dif
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periodic vs aperiodic
periodic - regular aperiodic - irregular e.g. loud crash
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auditory localisation is based on
binaural & monoaural cues
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binaural cues include:
1. interaural time differences 2. interaural level differences
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interaural level difference
for high frequency sounds, there can be LARGE INTERAURAL LEVEL DIFFERENCE b/w the 2 ears due to the sound shadow caused by the head for low frequency sounds, the interaural level difference is much less
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cone of confusion
binaural cues cannot be used to distinguish b/w 2 points connected by circumference line on one side of head
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monoaural cue for elevation
- sound coming from dif elevations bounces off dif parts of the pinna before entering the ear canal - so sound acquired characteristic frequency notches that depend on its elevation
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precedence effect
- if you hear the same sound twice with a temporal separation of 5-20 ms, you will not register the 2nd sound - won't hear an echo - if temporal separation bw 2 sounds is more than about 10th of a second you will hear an echo
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architectural acoustics
indirect sounds affect perceived quality of sound 4 factors - reverberation time - intimacy time - bass ratio - spaciousness factor
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reverberation time
- time it takes for sound to decrease by 60 dB - for concert hall should be about 2 seconds
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intimacy time
- the temporal difference b/w when the direct sound arrives and the first indirect sound arrives - concert halls w good acoustics usually have about 20 ms of intimacy time
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base ratio
- measured for indirect sound - it is the ratio of low frequencies to middle frequencies for the indirect sound - ideally, you want a high base ratio
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spaciousness factor
- ratio of indirect sound to total sound - the greater the proportion of indirect sound, the greater the spaciousness factor - ideally, you want a high spaciousness factor
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why is it a good idea to place pillows in concert hall?
so the pillows absorbs the same amount of sound as the average person - so acoustics of hall will be same whether it is full or empty
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5 cues people use to separate sound sources
- location - onset time - timbre and pitch - auditory continuity - experience
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location
Because the three musicians will not be playing exactly the same notes at exactly the same time, you will be able to hear that they occupy separate locations using the mechanisms that we discussed earlier. you are using INTERAURAL TIME DIFFERENCES + INTERAURAL LEVEL DIFFERENCES it is a strong cue but not a necessary one
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onset time
if 2 sounds start at dif times, chances are they originate from dif sources
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timbre & pitch
it is easy to segregate musical instruments that have dif timbres - even instruments w the same timbre can be separated on the basis of pitch
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auditory continuity
tones interrupted by silence are heard as distinct tones interrupted by noise are heard as continuous (continuing through the noise)

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