SPATIAL ORGANIZATION

PRESENTATION
MATTHEW WEITZ
PSY/345
ADAM CASTLEBERRY
JANUARY 17, 2016

INTRODUCTION

THE CONCEPT OF SPATIAL ORGANIZATION

HOW SPATIAL
ORGANIZATION
AFFECTS VISUAL
PERCEPTION

IN THIS PICTURE SOME PEOPLE WILL

SEE A VASE, OTHERS WILL SEE TWO
FACES, SOME PEOPLE MIGHT SEE
BOTH RIGHT AWAY. VISUAL
PERCEPTION DEPENDS ON THE
CLUES WE ALLOW OURSELVES TO
SEE.

HOW SPATIAL ORGANIZATION AFFECTS

VISUAL PERCEPTION CONT.
A. VOXEL-

A SMALL CUBE SHAPED AREA OF

THE BRAIN NO MORE THEN 2-3 MM ON
EACH SIDE.

B.

NEURAL RECEPTIVE

FIELD-CENTER OF

ATTENTION

C. TRAVELLING WAVE PREFERRED

CENTER- AUDITORY SYSTEM

D. POPULATION RECEPTIVE FIELD

HOW PERCEPTION INFLUENCES BEHAVIOR

HOW PERCEPTION INFLUENCES BEHAVIOR

CONT.

REFERENCES
GOLDSTEIN, E. B. (2014).SENSATION AND PERCEPTION(9TH ED.). BELMONT,
CA:
WADSWORTH.
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