Exam 5: Object Perception

An area within the inferotemporal cortex that is activated when its cells view bodies or body parts, but not faces, is known as the ______.

Based on what you have learned about object perception, which of the following would have the greatest effect on the safety of a self-driving car?

What does this figure show?

The parahippocampal place area is associated with ______.

Patient Y.M.has accurate color perception, his shape perception is accurate, but he cannot determine an object's function simply by examining it visually.Your diagnosis?

Researchers who study human and doll faces assume that ______.

Geons are associated with recognition by components.

What are illusory contours?

The ______ appears to be a specific region in the brain designed for the recognition of familiar faces, whereas the ______ appears to be responsible for making the initial identification of a face as being a face, regardless of its familiarity.

You watch as a classmate puts a series of identical notecards on her desk.You perceive six separate cards.Your perception is a result of which process?

What is one reason that recognition by components theory has fallen into disfavor?

Based on what you have learned about object perception research, which airport security screening team is likely to be most effective?

Gestalt psychology is a school of psychologists who believe that ______.

Explain why researchers believe that humans are both drawn to and repelled by dolls.

As the number of objects searched for increases, the likelihood of finding one of those objects decreases.This is known as ______.

Quiroga et al.(2005) examined single-cell recordings of human beings prior to brain surgery.What did they find?

What is one way that the environment can make object perception more challenging? Use an example to illustrate your answer.

A patient has no problem recognizing his family members but struggles to recognize familiar landscapes, such as a street in his neighborhood.Which diagnosis is most likely?

Face agnosia, a neurological injury resulting in a deficit in perceiving faces, is known as ______.

You look at a bowl of fruit.You perceive that there are four apples, five oranges, three bananas, and two pears.This observation is a result of which process?