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Theory of PerceptionHermann Von Helmholtz
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About Hermann von Helmholtz● Born on August 31, 1821 in Germany● German physician and physicist.● In physiology and psychology, known for:
○ Theories of vision○ Visual perception○ Empiricism
● In physics, known for:○ Theory of conservation of energy○ Work in electrodynamics○ Chemical thermodynamics○ Mechanical foundation of thermodynamics.
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History of Perception Theory
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“Projection” TheoryA stimulus causes its response directly.
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“Projection” TheoryA stimulus causes its response directly
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Contradiction to “Projection Theory” -- MullerWhat is Stereoscopic Binocular Vision?
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Contradiction to “Projection Theory” -- MullerStereoscopic Binocular Vision
● Two images on our retinas are resolved intoone image.
● How is it possible if the images are projecteddirectly onto our nerves?
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Contradiction to “Projection Theory” -- MullerStereoscopic Binocular Vision
● Two images on our retinas are resolved intoone image.
● How is it possible if the images are projecteddirectly onto our nerves?
Upside down projected image in Retina
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Contradiction to “Projection Theory” -- MullerStereoscopic Binocular Vision
● Two images on our retinas are resolved intoone image.
● How is it possible if the images are projecteddirectly onto our nerves?
Upside down projected image in Retina
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“Law of Specific Sense Energies” -- Muller● Each nerve is configured to receive a specific range of signals.
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“Law of Specific Sense Energies” -- Muller● Each nerve is configured to receive a specific range of signals.
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“Law of Specific Sense Energies” -- Muller● Each nerve is configured to receive a specific range of signals.
● Some organic correlation between the retinas of the eye.
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“Law of Specific Sense Energies” -- Muller● Each nerve is configured to receive a specific range of signals.
● Some organic correlation between the retinas of the eye.● One point in left retina index to one and only point in the right retina.
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“Law of Specific Sense Energies” -- Muller● Each nerve is configured to receive a specific range of signals.
● Some organic correlation between the retinas of the eye.● One point in left retina index to one and only point in the right retina.● Two signals from corresponding points on the two retina are projected onto a
signal point.
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Helmholtz’s Stand of Theory of Perception
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Hermann Von Helmholtz’s “Sign” TheoryContradiction to the Muller’s “Specific Nerve Energies”.
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Hermann Von Helmholtz’s “Sign” TheoryContradiction to the Muller’s “Specific Nerve Energies”.
Specific Nerve Energies -- Muller
● Correspondence between sensation and object by means of an innate configuration of sense nerves.
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Hermann Von Helmholtz’s “Sign” TheoryContradiction to the Muller’s “Specific Nerve Energies”.
Specific Nerve Energies -- Muller
● Correspondence between sensation and object by means of an innate configuration of sense nerves.
Sign Theory
● Sensations symbolizes their stimuli, but are not direct copies of those stimuli.● Correspondence between sensation and object by means of a series of
learned, “unconscious inferences.”
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Hermann Von Helmholtz’s “Sign” Theory● Spatial Position is an interpretation of our
sensations and not the immediate result ofthe object.
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Hermann Von Helmholtz’s “Sign” Theory● Spatial Position is an interpretation of our
sensations and not the immediate result ofthe object.
● This comes through experience and not innateto an individual.
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Hermann Von Helmholtz’s “Sign” Theory● Spatial Position is an interpretation of our
sensations and not the immediate result ofthe object.
● This comes through experience and not innateto an individual.
● This theory is called “An empirical theory ofspatial perception”.
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Hermann Von Helmholtz’s “Sign” Theory● Spatial Position is an interpretation of our
sensations and not the immediate result ofthe object.
● This comes through experience and not innateto an individual.
● This theory is called “An empirical theory ofspatial perception”.
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Helmholtz’s Physiology of PerceptionThe quality of sensations belongs only to nervous system and we acquire our knowledge of spatial ordering through perceiving an unchanging sequence of sense impressions of the same object.
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Helmholtz’s Physiology of PerceptionThe quality of sensations belongs only to nervous system and we acquire our knowledge of spatial ordering through perceiving an unchanging sequence of sense impressions of the same object.
Example of holding a pen...
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Helmholtz’s Physiology of PerceptionThe quality of sensations belongs only to nervous system and we acquire our knowledge of spatial ordering through perceiving an unchanging sequence of sense impressions of the same object.
Example of holding a pen...
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Helmholtz’s Physiology of PerceptionPerceived properties such as separation in space are inferences from:
● Experience ● Properties of sense organs.
Our awareness of distinction of spatial position is learned, not innate.
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Nativism vs. EmpiricismEwald Hering vs. Hermann von Helmholtz
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Nativism vs. EmpiricismEwald Hering vs. Hermann von Helmholtz
How to explain the perception of depth?
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Nativism vs. EmpiricismNativism - The disposition to have spatially organized visual experience is inborn and does not depend upon a process of learning.
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Nativism vs. EmpiricismNativism - The disposition to have spatially organized visual experience is inborn and does not depend upon a process of learning.
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Nativism vs. EmpiricismEmpiricism - At least some of the spatial organization found in the visual experience of the adult is the result of learning.
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Nativism vs. EmpiricismEmpiricism - At least some of the spatial organization found in the visual experience of the adult is the result of learning.
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The “Horopter” ProblemHoropter - A set of points that the eye perceives as equidistant from the perceiving subject when the eye is focusing on a single point.
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The “Horopter” ProblemHoropter - A set of points that the eye perceives as equidistant from the perceiving subject when the eye is focusing on a single point.
However, they are not really equidistance.
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The “Horopter” ProblemHoropter - A set of points that the eye perceives as equidistant from the perceiving subject when the eye is focusing on a single point.
However, they are not really equidistance.
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The “Horopter” ProblemHow does one explain the brain’s resolution of two images into one?
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The “Horopter” ProblemHow does one explain the brain’s resolution of two images into one?
Helmholtz - Brain adjusts the retinal images by a process of “unconscious inferences”.
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The “Horopter” ProblemHow does one explain the brain’s resolution of two images into one?
Helmholtz - Brain adjusts the retinal images by a process of “unconscious inferences”.
Hering - Disposition inborn in human children, not acquired.
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Today’s Psychology and Neuroscience
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Consequence of Hermann’s Theory● Is our access to the objective properties direct or constructed?
Donald Hoffmann -- The interface theory of Perception
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ReferencesPatton, Lydia. “Hermann Von Helmholtz.” Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Stanford University, 13 Dec. 2018, plato.stanford.edu/entries/hermann-helmholtz/.
Purves, et al. “Will Understanding Vision Require a Wholly Empirical Paradigm?” Frontiers, Frontiers, 13 July 2015, www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01072/full.
Epidemic, Deception. “Donald Hoffman: Consciousness and The Interface Theory of Perception.” YouTube, YouTube, 13 Jan. 2015, www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSBbGr0pELQ&t=561s.