Exam 18: A: Vision and Perceptual Organization and Interpretation

The Moon just above the horizon typically appears to be unusually

Thousands of controlled experiments indicate that

The distorted room illusion involving two girls who are perceived as very different in size can best be explained in terms of

We compute motion based on the assumption that shrinking objects are

Damage to the fovea would have the GREATEST effect on

The receptor cells that convert light energy into neural signals are called

Any given area of the retina relays its information to a corresponding location in the

During a radio ad, listeners are repeatedly asked, "What would life be without Fletchers Ice Cream?" At the end of the ad, the same question is cleverly interrupted immediately after the word "without." At that point, many listeners mentally respond with the words "Fletchers Ice Cream." Their response best illustrates the principle of

The perceptual tendency to group together stimuli that are near each other is called

Scientific analyses of the predictive powers of dreams offer support for the existence of

Dilation and constriction of the pupil are controlled by the

When viewing an object, we typically assume that the light originates from ________ the object.