This document provides an overview of perception and related concepts. It discusses topics like bottom-up and top-down processing, selective attention, perceptual illusions, figure-ground perception, motion perception, perceptual constancy, sensory deprivation, and perceptual sets. Various visual illusions and activities are also described to illustrate different principles of perception.
This document provides an overview of perception and related concepts. It discusses topics like bottom-up and top-down processing, selective attention, perceptual illusions, figure-ground perception, motion perception, perceptual constancy, sensory deprivation, and perceptual sets. Various visual illusions and activities are also described to illustrate different principles of perception.
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This document provides an overview of perception and related concepts. It discusses topics like bottom-up and top-down processing, selective attention, perceptual illusions, figure-ground perception, motion perception, perceptual constancy, sensory deprivation, and perceptual sets. Various visual illusions and activities are also described to illustrate different principles of perception.
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