
{"id":2673,"date":"2016-09-06T19:25:46","date_gmt":"2016-09-06T19:25:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pages.uncc.edu\/aaron-toscano\/?page_id=2673"},"modified":"2017-09-18T14:12:38","modified_gmt":"2017-09-18T14:12:38","slug":"visualperception","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/topicstoanalyze\/rhetoric-an-introduction\/visualperception\/","title":{"rendered":"Visual Perception"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Lines on TV Screens and Computer Monitors in Video Recordings<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>I don&#8217;t know why TVs and computer monitors have scrolling lines when captured on video. But, since you&#8217;re here, let&#8217;s take a look at some visuals that trick our eyes. Much like we learn to read by the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/wik.ed.uiuc.edu\/index.php\/Whole_word_approach\">whole word approach<\/a><\/strong> (and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Phonics\">phonics<\/a><\/strong>), our brains complete words for us. How many times have you glanced at a group of words and thought you saw a word that wasn&#8217;t there? I know I&#8217;ve done it. For instance, if you glance at the following three or four letters (per, comp, or reg), you might complete the whole word differently:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>per&#8211;perspective, perspicacious, personality, etc.<\/li>\n<li>comp&#8211;computer, composition, companion, etc.<\/li>\n<li>reg&#8211;regulation, register, regal<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Additionally, the words &#8220;your&#8221; and &#8220;you&#8217;re&#8221; or &#8220;their, there, they&#8217;re&#8221; often come out incorrectly in quick e-mail typing because we don&#8217;t recognize the sounds as different in speech. Using them doesn&#8217;t mean a person&#8217;s illiterate or even careless with the English language. It&#8217;s just a minor mistake. Harping on them makes you pretentious and uncool regardless of the esoteric books you read at the coffee shop so others can see you.<\/p>\n<p>Time permitting, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk\/people\/matt.davis\/cmabridge\/\">let&#8217;s think about word shape and recognition<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Let&#8217;s Get Visual<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>What&#8217;s going on in the following images? Clicking on the images is a link to their original source as far as I know.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Optical Illusion 1<\/strong> (Originally from <a href=\"http:\/\/img137.imageshack.us\/img137\/4558\/illusions4hd.jpg\">http:\/\/img137.imageshack.us\/img137\/4558\/illusions4hd.jpg<\/a>)<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/webpages.uncc.edu\/~atoscano\/fall2013\/engl4182-5182\/optical\/illusions4hd.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/webpages.uncc.edu\/~atoscano\/fall2013\/engl4182-5182\/optical\/illusions4hd.jpg\" alt=\"optical illusion of a spiral image moving\" width=\"450\" height=\"452\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Are these spiral staircases?<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Optical Illusion 2<\/strong> (Originally from\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/img148.imageshack.us\/img148\/5285\/illusions12xc.gif\">http:\/\/img148.imageshack.us\/img148\/5285\/illusions12xc.gif<\/a>)<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 597px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/webpages.uncc.edu\/~atoscano\/fall2013\/engl4182-5182\/optical\/illusions12xc.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/webpages.uncc.edu\/~atoscano\/fall2013\/engl4182-5182\/optical\/illusions12xc.gif\" alt=\"optical illusion of gears turning\" width=\"587\" height=\"440\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Which way are the gears turning?<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Optical Illusion 3<\/strong> (Originally from\u00a0http:\/\/img220.imageshack.us\/img220\/7836\/illusions94fk.gif)<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 402px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/webpages.uncc.edu\/~atoscano\/fall2013\/engl4182-5182\/optical\/illusions94fk.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/webpages.uncc.edu\/~atoscano\/fall2013\/engl4182-5182\/optical\/illusions94fk.gif\" alt=\"optical illusion of a sphere\" width=\"392\" height=\"273\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Don&#8217;t get dizzy<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Optical Illusion 4<\/strong> (Originally from <a href=\"http:\/\/img137.imageshack.us\/img137\/8597\/illusions73ew.gif\">http:\/\/img137.imageshack.us\/img137\/8597\/illusions73ew.gif<\/a>)<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 548px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/webpages.uncc.edu\/~atoscano\/fall2013\/engl4182-5182\/optical\/illusions73ew.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/webpages.uncc.edu\/~atoscano\/fall2013\/engl4182-5182\/optical\/illusions73ew.gif\" alt=\"optical illusion of brown ovals moving\" width=\"538\" height=\"396\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Are the leaves blowing?<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Don&#8217;t be scared, it&#8217;s just a monster!<\/strong> (click to see the page)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelbach.de\/ot\/sze_shepardTerrors\/index.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-881\" src=\"http:\/\/pages.uncc.edu\/aaron-toscano\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/121\/2014\/09\/monster.gif\" alt=\"Click to go to source\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lines on TV Screens and Computer Monitors in Video Recordings I don&#8217;t know why TVs and computer monitors have scrolling lines when captured on video. But, since you&#8217;re here, let&#8217;s take a look at some visuals that trick our eyes. 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