theories of visual perception Flashcards
what are gestalt’s laws of perceptual organisation
- similarity
- good continuation
- proximity
- connectedness
- closure
- common fate
- familiarity
- invariance
- Pragnanz - good figure
similarity
similar things appear to be grouped together
grouping can occur due to shape, lightness, hue, orientation, size…
good continuation
points that, when connected, results in straight or smoothly curving lines, are seen as belonging together
and lines tend to be seen in such a way as to follow the smoothest path
reification
the experienced percept contains more explicit spatial information than the sensory stimulus on which it is based
proximity
things that are near to one another appear to be grouped together
connectedness
things that are physically connected are perceived as a unit
closure
of several geometrically possible perceptual organisations, a closed figure will be preferred to an open figure
we tend to complete a broken figure because of the strong closure cue for organising what we see
for which rules does reification occur
closure
good continuation
common fate
things that are moving in the same direction are grouped together
objects with the same orientation are grouped together
familiarity
things are more likely to form groups if the groups appear familiar or meaningful
invariance
simple geometrical objects are recognized independent of rotation, translation, and scale; as well as several other variations
which rule of gestalt is a serious problem in computer vision
invariance
figure-ground segregation basics
normally in a visual scene some objects (figures) seem prominent, and other objects recede into the background
what does figure-ground segregation infer
top down processing
properties that affect whether an area is seen as figure or ground
symmetry
convexity
area
orientation
meaning/ importance
symmetry figure ground segregation
symmetrical areas usually figure
convexity figure ground segregation
convex shapes are usually figure
area figure ground segregation
stimuli with comparatively smaller area are usually figure
orientation figure ground segregation
vertical and horizontal orientations usually figure
meaning/ importance figure ground segregation
meaningful objects more likely to be seen as figure
implies attention: top-down process
problems with the gestalt approach
underplay the parallel processing and unconscious processing the brain does
explanation of how some of their laws worked was wrong
their laws provide a description of how things work rather than an explanation
some of the laws are ill defined
-e.g. pragnanz: what is the simplest and most stable shape?
stating the obvious?
pragnanz
when people are presented with complex shapes or a set of ambiguous elements, their brains choose to interpret them in the easiest manner possible
distal stimulus
object in the real world