Week 3: Part 1 Flashcards
1
Q
What is bottom up processing?
A
processing begins with the stimulation of the receptors
2
Q
what are feature detectors?
A
neurons in the visual cortex respond to lines, shapes or bars with specific orientations, think of the tree photo
3
Q
who made the experiment and created the concept on geons?
A
Irving Biederman, the airplane experiment
4
Q
what is the principle of componential recovery? think if the tea kettle
A
we can perceive objects even if portions of the geons are obscured - that if we can see the objects individual geons we can recognize the object
