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    This document discusses visual perception and how we perceive things differently than how they actually are. It provides examples of optical illusions and images that appear different depending on how the mind perceives them. The document also outlines four approaches to visual perception - neurophysiology, gestalt theory, constructivism, and ecological perception. It emphasizes that our perception is based on both the physical stimuli we receive and our existing knowledge, and that more information is needed to accurately perceive something unfamiliar.

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    The key takeaways are that visual perception is complex and influenced by both physical stimuli and psychological factors. We do not always see things objectively due to the interaction of what we see and what we already know.

    Visual perception involves both bottom-up processing of physical stimuli as well as top-down processing based on prior knowledge and expectations. Our brains construct perceptions by combining sensory inputs with learned concepts and memories.

    Both intrinsic factors like expectations, attention, learning and memory as well as extrinsic factors like context, culture and prior information influence how we perceive things. Perception is an active process shaped by these various factors.

    PERCEPTION

    ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN THEORY - II


    Lecture 2
    VISUAL PERCEPTION

    DO WE SEE WHAT WE SEE?

    Very often the things that we see do not


    register in our mind – why?

    Let us understand how we see things.

    This lecture will delve into visual perception as that is


    how we generally perceive architecture..
    VISUAL PERCEPTION
    • Dictionary meaning: To perceive:
    Apprehend with the mind, observe, understand;
    apprehend through one of the senses, esp. sight;
    regard mentally in specified manner

    • Dictionary meaning: Perception:


    intuitive recognition; action by which the mind
    refers its sensations to external objects as cause
    VISUAL PERCEPTION

    • Synonyms:
    apprehension, awareness, conception,
    consciousness, discernment, feeling, grasp, idea,
    impression, insight, notion, observation, recognition,
    sensation, sense, taste, understanding
    VISUAL PERCEPTION
    The drawing on the
    right appears to be
    sometimes a vase
    and sometimes two
    faces.
    The drawing is the
    same but is
    perceived as two
    images according to
    how the mind works
    VISUAL PERCEPTION

    The concentric circles


    appear to be a spiral
    VISUAL PERCEPTION

    Note how the white


    lines converge or
    diverge even when
    these are actually
    parallel.
    VISUAL PERCEPTION

    The two circles in the middle are equal!


    VISUAL PERCEPTION

    The brown surfaces


    appear to be
    sometimes the bottom
    of cubes and
    sometimes the top
    VISUAL PERCEPTION

    The grey rectangles in


    the middle appear to
    be of different shades.
    They are not different.
    VISUAL PERCEPTION

    While one perceives


    this image to be of
    a pretty little girl
    near a water body,
    one is actually
    seeing just
    reflected light off
    patches of color,
    the rest is just
    perception.
    VISUAL PERCEPTION

    • The visual shows a


    group that can be
    identified as a
    representative group
    by what they are
    wearing, though we
    are still seeing just
    reflected light that
    shows patches of color.
    VISUAL PERCEPTION

    • Another example of
    how we can recognize
    people by their dress.
    • And if can not
    recognize them in the
    first instance, we can
    do so once we are told
    who they are.
    VISUAL PERCEPTION
    • Can you recognize this
    boy? Where is he from?
    VISUAL PERCEPTION
    • Look at how these
    women are projecting
    their beauty.
    • Perception of beauty
    will differ with different
    cultures.
    VISUAL PERCEPTION

    • More examples of the


    perception of beauty
    and how different
    people see and project
    it.
    VISUAL PERCEPTION

    • These are ‘beautiful’


    women – for their men!
    VISUAL PERCEPTION
    • Note the skin markings
    on her stomach – it has
    been done for a
    specific purpose.
    VISUAL PERCEPTION
    • It is to make her look
    pretty when she is
    carrying her baby.
    • Could you have ever
    perceived ‘beauty’ as
    this?
    VISUAL PERCEPTION

    • What do you perceive


    this image to be to be?
    • This is a makeup by an
    African warrior to
    express dread in the
    mind of the enemy.
    • Surprised?
    VISUAL PERCEPTION
    According to Kimball and Hawkins’ survey, visual
    perception can be approached in four different
    ways:
    • NEUROPHYSIOLOGY: Attempts to examine the
    physical mechanisms that are in play when we
    “see” things.
    VISUAL PERCEPTION
    VISUAL PERCEPTION
    • GESTALT THEORY: three major gestalt laws of
    perception are discussed:
    – FIGURE-GROUND DISCRIMINATION IS concerned
    with how we differentiate between an object
    and its context.
    – LAWS OF GROUPING looks at how we associate
    objects as we perceive them and include
    concepts such as proximity, similarity,
    continuation and common region.
    – GOOD FIGURE (also known as the law of
    pragnanz) is the concept that strong, simple
    figures have more appeal to readers than ones
    that are complicated for the eye to decode.
    VISUAL PERCEPTION
    • CONSTRUCTIVISM: The theory of constructivism has
    to do with the ways in which we create ideas about
    the world around us by combining a number of
    representative images of that world. Important in
    this theory is the realization that, because we are
    always adding new images to that amalgamation
    (i.e. sampling), our perception is constantly in flux.
    • ECOLOGICAL PERCEPTION: In contract to
    constructivism, direct perception asserts that viewer
    and viewed object are one ecosystem instead of
    two discrete entities.
    VISUAL PERCEPTION
    • Guess what this is?
    • Till you are told and the
    information becomes
    knowledge it will be a
    guess.
    • It is a magnified view of
    Vitamin C
    VISUAL PERCEPTION
    • The previous slide
    would have created
    the knowledge that this
    is also a trick picture.
    • But what is it?
    • It is a magnified picture
    of white blood
    corpuscles fighting anti
    bodies
    VISUAL PERCEPTION

    • What could these be?

    • Fungal growth on
    bread!
    VISUAL PERCEPTION
    • What do you perceive
    this image to be?
    • Of course it is an
    enlarged version of
    something.
    • This is a human
    muscle!!!
    VISUAL PERCEPTION

    • What could this possibly


    be?

    • Well, this is a knot in a


    nylon thread!!!
    VISUAL PERCEPTION
    • Here is a picture of
    nothing!
    • The leaf was removed
    and a Kirlian picture
    was taken using
    electricity and film
    revealing a kind of
    organic energy.
    • Now that you know this
    – you will recognize this
    picture the next time
    you see this picture.
    VISUAL PERCEPTION
    • What is this pattern?

    • It is a magnified picture
    of a snow flake!!
    VISUAL PERCEPTION
    • What do you perceive
    this to be?

    • This is a work platform


    for ocean research.
    VISUAL PERCEPTION
    • Is this a palace?

    • No, it is the view of a


    metro station in
    Moscow.
    VISUAL PERCEPTION
    • This is a painting by
    Salvador Dali – a
    surrealist painter who
    was projecting a
    dream as he perceived
    it.
    • Can you imagine a
    clock like this?
    VISUAL PERCEPTION
    • Can you perceive a
    bathroom like the one
    shown in the picture?
    • After this however you
    could think of a toilet
    like this.
    VISUAL PERCEPTION
    • How about a bed like a
    ham burger?

    • Great way of
    perceiving an ordinary
    piece of furniture as
    food!
    VISUAL PERCEPTION

    • A plastic house?
    VISUAL PERCEPTION
    • The previous slides indicate that to see anything
    there are a number of factors that effect the
    process. What we see makes sense only when it is
    associated with what is known, otherwise more
    information is required to perceive that view.
    Perception of the same view would change for
    different places and different people.
    VISUAL PERCEPTION
    • This is how we ‘see’ things.

    • Next time you are seeing something – do see it –


    record it mentally, understand it and use it as
    knowledge.

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