Perceptual Processes

Perceptual Processes

1. function

   • That is, processing the sensory information for meaning, adding information to the sensory patern. is not ac - complished instantaneously.

2. characteristics

   • First, the information is stored in a veridical form simply means that the information stored should accurately reflec what happened at the sensory receptor,
   • The second important characteristic is thathe sensory register needs to be relatively large, at least large enought lo store all of the informa tion impinging on the sensory receptor.
   • The third important characteristic is that the information must remaind on the sensory register for a brief time. since the sensor)' register stores all information from the sensor)' receptors and the receptors are continuall y receiving informa tiou. the sensry register must be cleared quickly to avoid superirnposing information from exposures,

3. size an duration

   • the technique and data used to argue for the large but brief memory system we call a sensory register.
     • is imnportan t not only because it addresses (he size and du ration of(he sensory register, but also because it provides clever solutions to several difficult methodological problems.

4. veridical representation

   • The information on the sensory register must faithfully represent the panter of receptor activity.