Illusory Contour
What are illusory contours?
What are edges perceived even though they are not present.
What is the definition of perception?
What is using previous knowledge to interpret stimuli.
Where is the primary visual cortex located?
What is the occipital lobe.
Why does the brain perceive edges that are not physically present?
What is the brain makes sense of incomplete stimuli
What is object/pattern recognition?
What is identifying complex sensory arrangements as distinct objects.
What does the primary visual cortex process?
What is Visual stimuli.
Can illusory contours occur without clear boundaries?
Yes, illusory contours can occur without clear boundaries.
What is the role of the background in perception?
What is to help separate the figure from the background.
What is a distal stimulus?
What is an actual object in the environment.
What stage of visual processing responds to illusory contours?
what is Early stages of visual processing.
What kind of stimulus is registered by our senses?
What is Proximal stimulus.
What is a proximal stimulus?
What is information registered on sensory receptors.
Why does the brain create illusory contours?
What is to make sense of stimuli.
What do we rely on when a stimulus is incomplete?
What is shape rather than color or texture
How does visual information travel from the retina to the brain?
What is a set of neurons on the visual pathway.