Colorado State University Visual Perception and Facial Recognition Essay

Review the websites below (also featured in your module resources list) and take the perception tests listed:

• Visual Search Experiment
  • Here is some additional information about the experiment above: http://www.psytoolkit.org/experiment-library/search.html
• Blind Spot Experiment
• Facial Recognition

After completing the tests, briefly describe what you did and discuss the activity in relation to the topics you learned about in this week’s readings. Consider the following questions:

• How do the activities relate to the theories of visual processing?
• How does the activity help you understand how the visual system works?
• What strengths or weaknesses in the visual system did you discover through the activities? How might these strengths or weaknesses impact your day-to-day life in the real world?
• In your response to your peers, consider their response as to how visual processing impacts day-to-day life. What potential improvements might you suggest to help overcome these weaknesses or capitalize on strengths?