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Name that tune. . Song title? Performer(s)?. Sensation and Perception. Start of two weeks on “The Knower” 1/25/10. Objectives. After this class you will be able to (it is my hope!): Describe some eye and ear physiology Explain how the visual system works (somewhat) - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Sensation and Perception
Start of two weeks on “The Knower”
1/25/10
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ObjectivesAfter this class you will be able to (it is
my hope!): Describe some eye and ear physiology Explain how the visual system works
(somewhat) Identify visual cues to depth Explain how perceptual and cognitive
psychology influence HCI designs Have an early appreciation for
psychological models
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Designing Stuff In Week 1, I asked the question “What would a
system look like if we were designing it for dogs?”– Wouldn’t be a lot of text.– Wouldn’t require a lot of dexterity.– Might code information in smells and tastes.
But we’re designing systems for humans (usually!). So it will behoove us to know something about how human beings take in and process information.
So, this is the first of four lectures on “The Knower.”
Ultimately our goal will be to design information systems to fit people instead of the other way around.
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Human Information Processing
How do human beings take in and process information?– Sensory psychology – how humans transform physical
energy (e.g., light and sound waves) into sensory signals to and in the brain.
– Perceptual psychology – how humans interpret these sensory signals as perceptions.
– Cognitive psychology – how humans think about these perceptions, and previous experiences, and their own mental creations, and . . .
– Psycholinguistics – The psychology of language -- what goes on between the time I have a thought and you have the same (or similar!) thought, whether I say it or write it.
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Turning Energy into Sensations
Vision– The energy is light waves.
• Waves of different frequencies. Different frequencies get perceived as different colors.
– The nerve cells are “rods” and “cones” in the retina in the back of the eye.
Audition– The energy is sound waves.
• Waves of different frequencies. Different frequencies get perceived as different pitches.
– The nerve cells are hair cells on the basilar membrane
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Theories of Pattern Recognition
Template Matching Theory–We compare a visual stimulus with a set
of templates, or specific patterns that we have stored in memory.
Feature Analysis Theory–More flexible – a visual stimulus is
composed of a small number of characteristics or “distinctive features.”
– E.g., an “A” has a diagonal line, another diagonal line, a horizontal line . . .
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Sensation/Perception POINT: Perceptions are made up of more
than just a collection of sensations! OTHER things influence our perceptions,
e.g.,– Our experiences– Our biases– The context– Our current emotional state– Etc.
So, what does that have to say about designing human-computer interfaces???
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Bottom-up vs. Top-down Processing
Bottom-up– Emphasizes the stimulus, and the sensory
receptors Top-down– Any theory of recognition must include
something OTHER than the stimulus – the ambiguous figure proves this
– Also, check this out – the word superiority effect: we can identify a single letter more accurately and rapidly in the context of a word than in isolation, or in a string of unrelated letters
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Perceptual Psy – Color Vision
Color perception – 3 types of cones (RGB)
A B
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Perceptual Psy -- Depth Different visual cues to depth– Oculomotor vs. Visual• Oculomotor – Lens accommodation and
extraocular muscle convergence are “read” by the brain• Visual: Binocular vs. Monocular–Binocular – Stereopsis (retinal disparity)–Monocular (next screen)»Static»Motion parallax
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More Depth Cues Monocular– Static• Interposition• Size• Perspective
– Linear perspective– Texture gradient– Aerial perspective– Shading
–Motion parallax
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Sooooo . . .The grass really
IS
greener on the other side of the fence!!!
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Resources www.britanica.com Matlin, M. W. (2009). Cognition. Hoboken, NJ:
John Wiley and Sons, Inc. Blake, R., & Sekuler, R. (1980). Perception.
McGraw-Hill. A discussion of sensation vs. perception:
http://www.learninginfo.org/sensation-perception.htm
Good size constancy demo: http://psych.hanover.edu/KRANTZ/SizeConstancy/index.html
A decent, half-hour video: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8724039763795336038#
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Today’s song was “Soft Parade” by The Doors.
Why do you suppose we chose to play it before THIS class?– (It was from The Doors’ album
“Perception.”)
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