Perceiving is for Doing | Perception & Action (Cognitive Psych #3)

When it comes to perception, what we see is not always what we get. Because of how the brain uses data and knowledge to come up with interpretations, our perceptions become a mix of what's out in the world and what's inside our heads. How does that help us take on the world? Bonus Question: How many takes were needed to create this episode? [Psych 148, Episode 3/9]
00:00 Perception & Action
01:47 PART 1 - Perception as a Process
02:05 Sensation vs. Perception
02:54 The General Perceptual Process
07:36 PART 2 - Directions of Processing
07:51 Perceptual Problems
08:37 Perceptual Principles
09:56 Bottom-Up (Data-Driven) Processing
10:26 Ecological Theory
11:22 Depth & Size Cues
17:58 Color Perception
22:58 Gestalt Organization & Segregation
26:16 Top-Down (Knowledge-Driven) Processing
26:39 Gist of a Scene & Global Image Features
28:19 Regularities in the Environment
30:15 Unconscious Inference & The Likelihood Principle
32:17 Bayesian Inference
33:56 Unified/Cyclical Processing
34:43 PART 3 - Action & Navigation
35:14 Ventral (Perception) & Dorsal (Action) Pathways
35:54 Mirror Neurons, Intentions, & Observational Learning
36:36 Affordances
37:28 Visual Imagery
39:09 Cognitive Maps
40:39 Wayfinding
41:17 Multisensory Integration
42:31 Crossmodal Correspondences
44:17 Epilogue
Produced by Francis Simonh Bries
Department of Psychology, University of the Philippines Diliman
[REFERENCES]
Eysenck, M. W., & Keane, M. T. (2010). Cognitive psychology: A Student's Handbook (6th ed.). Psychology Press.
Goldstein, E. B. (2019). Cognitive Psychology: Connecting Mind, Research, and Everyday Experience (5th ed.). Cengage.
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