Why is visual perception a hierarchical process?
Visual perception is a hierarchical process because increasingly complex visual information is analyzed and compiled at successive stages eventually yielding a coherent and flowing visual world. What are the basic building blocks of visual perception? The basic building blocks of visual perception begin with feature detectors neurons in the visual cortex that respond when particular types of stimuli, with characteristic features, are detected. 3.4 The Joy of Visual Perception: A Web Book This Web-based presentation of the visual system contains many interactive exercises that will help students to learn basics of the human visual system and grasp important principles of visual perception. 3.5 Retina Reference This site contains information about the visual system, including a list of over 1,000 vision-related references. 3.6 Blind Spot Seeing More Than Your Eye Does Participate in this activity to demonstrate your blind spot. 3.2 True/False Vision Tests your knowledge of aspects of vis