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Sensation and Perception 9th Edition by Bruce Goldstein

Edition 9ISBN: 978-1133958475
book Sensation and Perception 9th Edition by Bruce Goldstein cover

Sensation and Perception 9th Edition by Bruce Goldstein

Edition 9ISBN: 978-1133958475
Exercise 4
Vecera showed that regions in the lower part of a stimulus are more likely to be perceived as figure. How does this result relate to the idea that our visual system is tuned to regularities in the environment?
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(a) When the vase is perceived as figure, it is seen in front of a homogeneous dark background. (b) When the faces are seen as figure, they are seen in front of a homogeneous light background.
Vecera showed that regions in the lower part of a stimulus are more likely to be perceived as figure. How does this result relate to the idea that our visual system is tuned to regularities in the environment? Figure 1 (a) When the vase is perceived as figure, it is seen in front of a homogeneous dark background. (b) When the faces are seen as figure, they are seen in front of a homogeneous light background.     Figure 2 (a) Stimuli from Vecerra et al. (2002). (b) Percentage of trials on which lower or left areas were seen as figure.
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(a) Stimuli from Vecerra et al. (2002). (b) Percentage of trials on which lower or left areas were seen as figure.
Vecera showed that regions in the lower part of a stimulus are more likely to be perceived as figure. How does this result relate to the idea that our visual system is tuned to regularities in the environment? Figure 1 (a) When the vase is perceived as figure, it is seen in front of a homogeneous dark background. (b) When the faces are seen as figure, they are seen in front of a homogeneous light background.     Figure 2 (a) Stimuli from Vecerra et al. (2002). (b) Percentage of trials on which lower or left areas were seen as figure.
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