What is Inattentional blindness?
Perceptual representations change rapidly?
The visual system does not track each detail.
What is change blindness?
failure to detect a change
in an object or scene
What is prosopagnosia?
People cannot recognize
human faces visually.
Visual system is fairly accurate in creating what?
“gist” or general interpretation of a scene
What occurs when you have change blindness?
It will take us longer to perceive a change when
it’s important to the scene
What happens to someone with Prosopagnosia when looking at a face?
Features seem disconnected from each other
What does vision tend to do?
Focus on what is important
What does Top-down processing encourages us to do?
Us to assume that the basic meaning of the scene will remain stable.
What part of the brain is use for facial recognition?
Temporal cortex
What happens when perceptual representations change rapidly?
Visual system does not track each detail.
What are two important details that happens during top down processing?
-Important changes identified more quickly.
-Do not store a detailed representation of a scene.
What is Face-inversion effect?
People are more accurate in identifying upright vs. upside-down faces.
What is Inattentional blindness?
paying attention to
some events in a scene, we fail to notice when
an unexpected but completely visible object
suddenly appears.
What is difference between change blindness and inattentional blindness?
Inattentional blindness a fully visible object can suddenly appear.
What are two things someone with Schizophrenia can struggle with when seeing faces?
- Poor performance on cognitive tasks.
– Difficulty recognizing faces and emotions.