Illusory Contour
Perception
Visual Cortex & Perception
100

What are illusory contours?
 

What are edges perceived even though they are not present.

100

What is the definition of perception?
 

What is using previous knowledge to interpret stimuli.

100

Where is the primary visual cortex located?
 

What is the occipital lobe.

200

Why does the brain perceive edges that are not physically present?
 

What is the brain makes sense of incomplete stimuli

200

What is object/pattern recognition?
 

What is identifying complex sensory arrangements as distinct objects.

200

What does the primary visual cortex process?
 

What is Visual stimuli.

300

Can illusory contours occur without clear boundaries?
 

Yes, illusory contours can occur without clear boundaries.

300

What is the role of the background in perception?
 

What is to help separate the figure from the background.

300

What is a distal stimulus?
 

What is an actual object in the environment.

400

What stage of visual processing responds to illusory contours?
 

what is Early stages of visual processing.

400

What kind of stimulus is registered by our senses?
 

What is Proximal stimulus.

400

What is a proximal stimulus?
 

What is information registered on sensory receptors.

500

Why does the brain create illusory contours?
 

What is to make sense of stimuli.

500

What do we rely on when a stimulus is incomplete?
 

What is shape rather than color or texture

500

How does visual information travel from the retina to the brain?
 

What is a set of neurons on the visual pathway.