Visual Perception—a matter of “filling in” the gaps
Författare
Redaktör
- Göran Sonesson
Summary, in English
This presentation discusses how perception of pictures, of foremost faces, might be processed in the brain. Research in cognitive psychology suggests that pictures of faces are processed in to some extent specific areas of the brain (fusiform gyrus), than those showing other objects. Pictures of faces seem to be perceived in a holistic way, that is, dealt with in parallel (several features are processed at the same time). May ordinary pictures of faces, which are processed holistically (as Gestalt) also be said to be typical for iconic perception, in contrast to perception of index? We therefore also put the question: do we perceive so called Mooney-pictures of faces (which are flat and have only two intensity levels) in serial, and may we identify the process with perception of indexical signs? We will seek some tentative answers to those questions by relating to contemporary research in cognition and visual perception.
Avdelning/ar
Publiceringsår
2012
Språk
Engelska
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Proceedings: Towards Cognitive Semiotics, Seventh Conference of the Nordic Association for Semiotic Studies, 6–8 May, 2011,Lund
Dokumenttyp
Konferensbidrag
Ämne
- Languages and Literature
Nyckelord
- icons
- index.
- face recognition
- visual perception
- cognitive semiotics
Conference name
Towards Cognitive Semiotics, Seventh Conference of the Nordic Association for Semiotic Studies, 6–8 May, Lund
Conference date
2011-05-06 - 2011-05-08
Conference place
Sweden
Status
Inpress
Projekt
- Centre for Cognitive Semiotics (RJ)