Exactly. On Tue, Feb 9, 2016 at 11:02 AM, Jim Clark <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > Hi > > > > I’m not sure this explains things like the effect of prior stimuli on > perception of ambiguous figures like the rat-man, which is differently > interpreted depending on prior sequence of animals or faces. > > > > Jim > > [image: Description: percpetual set expectation] > > > > Jim Clark > > Professor & Chair of Psychology > > University of Winnipeg > > 204-786-9757 > > Room 4L41 (4th Floor Lockhart) > > www.uwinnipeg.ca/~clark > > > > *From:* Michael Scoles [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Tuesday, February 09, 2016 10:46 AM > *To:* Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) > *Subject:* Re: [tips] bottom up processing in humans > > > > > > My first guess wasn't that good. On pages 246-249 of "The senses > considered as perceptual systems," Gibson discusses reversible figure > ground and impossible (Escher-type) figures. His explanation is that the > same stimulus can provide equivocal information. In natural settings, > children and adults learn which sources of information should be attended > to. > > > > On Mon, Feb 8, 2016 at 6:47 PM, Michael Scoles <[email protected]> wrote: > > My first guess is that the observer normally moves. > > On Feb 8, 2016 6:39 PM, "Michael Scoles" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > He has a chapter on it. Not sure which book, but it is in my office. > I'll try to remember to look it up in the morning. > > On Feb 8, 2016 4:59 PM, "Jim Clark" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > And how would Gibson explain ambiguous stimuli where the identical input > gives rise to different interpretations? > > > > Jim > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Feb 8, 2016, at 3:51 PM, "Michael Scoles" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Gibson would argue that, unless by "past experience" you mean biological > evolution in environments that structure energy, the necessary information > for perception is readily available from that structure (e.g., texture > gradients, kinetic optical occlusion). > > > > On Mon, Feb 8, 2016 at 2:55 PM, Stuart McKelvie <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Dear Tipsters, > > I like D. O. Hebb's distinction between sensation and perception as a way > of distinguishing bottom-up and top-down processing. > > Hebb defines sensation as activity in the sense organ and corresponding > sensory receiving areas of the brain. You can easily illustrate this with a > diagram, say for the visual system. > > Perception is then what occurs when this information is sent on to other > parts of the brain and interpreted in the light of context and past > experience (top-down processing). > > Sincerely, > > Stuart > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > "Floreat Labore" > > > "Recti cultus pectora roborant" > > Stuart J. McKelvie, Ph.D., Phone: 819 822 9600 x 2402 > Department of Psychology, Fax: 819 822 9661 > Bishop's University, > 2600 rue College, > Sherbrooke, > Québec J1M 1Z7, > Canada. > > E-mail: [email protected] (or [email protected]) > > Bishop's University Psychology Department Web Page: > http://www.ubishops.ca/ccc/div/soc/psy > > Floreat Labore" > > > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Annette Taylor [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: February-08-16 3:49 PM > To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) > Subject: [tips] bottom up processing in humans > > I am having a bit of a hard time this year answering questions about > bottom up processing. > > Student question: How can it be truly bottom up if it requires a > comparison to a stored image? Isn't that like top-down? You use the stored > image to recognize what it is that is coming in. How are these actually > different? > > I did have a response but I want to withhold it from here so not to bias > responses from the list. > > Student question: Is there any real life example of people using template > models of pattern recognition? If not, why did they even get developed as > models of human pattern recognition? > > My answer here was really lame, IMHO so I am looking for a better one but > as above, don't want to bias responses. > > Maybe I'm particular brain dead that these two stumped me. > > Annette > > > Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph. 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