Perception Adaptation Lab Report
The Effects of Disrupted Visual Fields on Perception:
Perception Adaptation
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of requirements for Psychology 1100E
Abstract
Kornheiser and Stratton are responsible for much of the modern day understanding of perception and adaptation. The purpose of this experiment was to examine the affects of sensory changes on perception adaptation. In this particular experiment, 105 Huron University College students completed a simple task. At a certain point the participants had their visual field displaced 11.5 degrees to the right by glasses and then some participants did the task 10 times and others did it three times. They repeated the task again once the glasses had been removed …show more content…
Perception is an age old concept distrusted by enlightenment philosopher Plato. However, many others had faith in perception which they believed to be based on experience gained as a child. Depth perception in particular was believed by Berkeley to come from touching objects and seeing many things at a range of distances as a child. Gregory and Wallace conducted an experiment in which a patient regained sight at the age of 50. In the beginning, the patient couldn’t differentiate between visual images however over time the patient developed normal depth perception, this backed up the beliefs that Berkeley had that visual perception was developed by experience and not maturation. …show more content…
This calculated results determined that there was very minor relation between the amount of time spent in the adaptation phase and how substantial the effects would be in the after effect stage. “As proven by the experiment, there was very little difference between the two groups. Experiments conducted by Stratton in 1896 suggested that the longer a person had to adjust to a visual field the more accurate their proprioceptive senses would be. “when visual and position senses are in conflict, people learn to adjust the sense of where parts of their body are so that visual and position sense no longer disagree” (Cole, 2013). If the visual field were to be interfered with (as it was with the goggles) the proprioceptive senses would adjust to fit the circumstances. However, the results obtained from the experiment conducted would
Perception Adaptation
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of requirements for Psychology 1100E
Abstract
Kornheiser and Stratton are responsible for much of the modern day understanding of perception and adaptation. The purpose of this experiment was to examine the affects of sensory changes on perception adaptation. In this particular experiment, 105 Huron University College students completed a simple task. At a certain point the participants had their visual field displaced 11.5 degrees to the right by glasses and then some participants did the task 10 times and others did it three times. They repeated the task again once the glasses had been removed …show more content…
Perception is an age old concept distrusted by enlightenment philosopher Plato. However, many others had faith in perception which they believed to be based on experience gained as a child. Depth perception in particular was believed by Berkeley to come from touching objects and seeing many things at a range of distances as a child. Gregory and Wallace conducted an experiment in which a patient regained sight at the age of 50. In the beginning, the patient couldn’t differentiate between visual images however over time the patient developed normal depth perception, this backed up the beliefs that Berkeley had that visual perception was developed by experience and not maturation. …show more content…
This calculated results determined that there was very minor relation between the amount of time spent in the adaptation phase and how substantial the effects would be in the after effect stage. “As proven by the experiment, there was very little difference between the two groups. Experiments conducted by Stratton in 1896 suggested that the longer a person had to adjust to a visual field the more accurate their proprioceptive senses would be. “when visual and position senses are in conflict, people learn to adjust the sense of where parts of their body are so that visual and position sense no longer disagree” (Cole, 2013). If the visual field were to be interfered with (as it was with the goggles) the proprioceptive senses would adjust to fit the circumstances. However, the results obtained from the experiment conducted would