visual perception
Let an agent explain visual perception and its stages, relay research on colour, form, depth and motion perception with attribution, describe variations and deficiencies in neutral terms, and route personal vision concerns to eye care professionals.
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4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Understand How vision works.
Stages
Stages.
Stages
Stages.
- How does visual perception proceed from optics and photoreceptors to cortical processing? definition
- Is the question about perception, about a clinical vision problem or about a perceived scene? boundary
Features
Colour, form, depth, motion.
Features
Features.
- How are colour, form, depth and motion perceived, with findings attributed? provenance
- Which entry fits the specific aspect? action
Variation Variation and deficiencies.
Colour
Colour vision deficiencies.
Colour
Colour.
- What are the colour vision deficiencies, how common are they, and how are they tested? provenance
- Is the user asking about their own vision, which needs an eye care professional? boundary
Rare
Rare conditions.
Rare
Rare.
- What are akinetopsia and other rare perceptual conditions, as described in the literature? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Apply Applications.
Design
Design and accessibility.
Design
Design.
- How does knowledge of visual perception inform design, accessibility and colour standards? provenance
- Which entry fits accessibility? action
Art
Art and illusions.
Art
Art.
- How do art and illusions exploit perceptual mechanisms? provenance
- Which entry fits optical illusion? action
Study Research and history.
Methods
Methods.
Methods
Methods.
- How is visual perception studied, from psychophysics to imaging and computational models? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
History
History.
History
History.
- How did theories of vision develop from antiquity to modern neuroscience? provenance
- Which entry fits the history of neuroscience? action
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Activities and processes
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- ACT
- Domain
- ACT.ACT
- Other names and narrower kinds
- skyline, akinetopsia, protanopia, anomalous trichromacy, tritanomaly, dichromatopsia, tritanopia, encounter, blindsight, parafoveal vision, landscape, insect vision
What it is Filled
The ability to interpret the environment through light detected by the eyes, involving the optics of the eye, photoreceptors, retinal processing and cortical analysis of colour, form, depth, motion and objects; visual perception is studied in neuroscience, psychology and vision science, varies between individuals in conditions such as colour vision deficiencies and motion blindness, and is the basis of reading, navigation and visual art.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent explain visual perception and its stages, relay research on colour, form, depth and motion perception with attribution, describe variations and deficiencies in neutral terms, and route personal vision concerns to eye care professionals.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Optical and neural stages
- Constancies and illusions
- Individual variation
- Cross-disciplinary study
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Diagnose a person's vision problem or prescribe correction.
- Tell someone with a vision deficit that they are fit to drive or do safety-critical work.
- Exploit illusions or perceptual limits to deceive people, for example in interfaces or advertising.
- Infer a person's health or identity from their eye data without consent.
Only with a human decision
- Judging whether a person's vision meets a legal standard such as for driving.
May
- Explain how vision works and common illusions, citing scientific sources.
- Describe standard vision checks in general terms and when to see an eye specialist.
Moral aspects Filled
- Vision loss affects independence and work, and people with it face exclusion.
- Perception can be manipulated; designers and agents carry a duty not to exploit it.
Who is affected
- People with visual impairments
- Road users and workers
- Users of visual interfaces
Owners Filled
Steward
Nobody owns a faculty; each person's eyes and records are their own, with eye care professionals keeping clinical records.
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q14859561 - registry parent class
- Q160402 - registry parent class
related
- perception - in registry terms
- sensory perception of light - in registry terms
- visual system - eye and brain
- vision science - the field
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.visual-perception
- Wikidata: Q162668 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q162668)
- MeSH: D014796 visual perception
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
- visible wavelengths: about 380-750 nm
- cone types in typical humans: 3 count
Plane ACT: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Interpretation of light by eye and brain
- Colour, form, depth, motion and object perception
- Visual acuity is a measure; vision loss is a clinical condition; a skyline is a perceived scene, not perception
- Not a visible object; the experience of seeing.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- explain stages and mechanisms
- relay research with attribution
- describe variations and deficiencies
- route personal concerns to professionals
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Illusions and misperception
- Undiagnosed deficiencies affecting safety
- Agents giving personal eye care advice
- Stigmatising language about deficiencies
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Colour vision testing standards for occupations
- Accessibility standards for colour and contrast
- Research ethics for perception studies
Context of use required Filled
- Interpreting the visual environment.
- colour perception and colour vision deficiencies such as protanopia, tritanomaly and anomalous trichromacy
- form and object perception
- depth and stereopsis
- motion perception and akinetopsia
- visual attention and awareness
- perception of scenes such as skylines
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q162668: visual perception - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Visual perception - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should colour vision deficiency be a separate primary entry?
- How should vision science references be linked?
- The registry entry has merged aliases naming deficiencies and a scene type; should they be split off?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q162668/spec.json