Depth Perception Monocular Cues Binocular Cues Monocular Cues

Depth Perception Monocular Cues Binocular Cues

Monocular Cues Relative size Overlap Linear perspective Relative height Texture gradient Aerial Perspective

Relative Size http: //webvision. med. utah. edu/Kall. Depth. html

Overlap / Interposition

Linear Perspective http: //www-psych. stanford. edu/~lera/psych 115 s/notes/lecture 8/figures 1. html#size http: //ahsmail. uwaterloo. ca/kin 356/cues/mcues. htm

Light & Shade http: //webvision. med. utah. edu/Kall. Depth. html

Relative Height http: //www-psych. stanford. edu/~lera/psych 115 s/notes/lecture 8/figures 1. html#size

Texture Gradient

Aerial Perspective (Distance Fog)

http: //psych. hanover. edu/Krantz/art/scolls. jpg

http: //psych. hanover. edu/Krantz/art/spatial. html

Binocular Cues • Retinal Disparity – difference in images seen by two eyes used to calculate distance (bigger “jump” when object is closer)

GESTALT PRINCIPLES

FIGURE & GROUND

CLOSURE

SIMILARITY

PROXIMITY

CONTINUITY

SYMMETRY

Perception Experiment (Half the class take a break) Rearrange and write out the following words

LULB

CALEM

NUKKS

SEOMU

BAZER

EAP

nd 2 Group

NORC

NOONI

MATOOT

PREPPE

TEBE

EAP

Perceptual Set • The predisposition based on previous experience to perceive a stimulus in a certain way – examples

Perceptual Constancy • Why does a door continue to look rectangular when opened? • How do you know that a person isn’t growing when they walk towards you? • Perceptual Organization: THE DOG ATE MEAT or THE DO GATE ME AT? DO