This is one component of cognitive functioning and it refers to our ability to process and interpret visual information about where objects are in space.
This is an important aspect of cognitive functioning because it is responsible for a wide range of activities of daily living.
For instance, it underlies our ability to move around in an environment and orient ourselves appropriately. Visuospatial perception is also involved in our ability to accurately reach for objects in our visual field and our ability to shift our gaze to different points in space.
The association areas of the visual cortex are separated into 2 major component pathways, and are believed to mediate different aspects of visual cognition. In humans, he parieto-occipital region is believed to process visuospatial and visual motion types of information. Whereas, the inferotemporal region of the brain is believed to mediate our ability to process visual information about the form and color of objects.
http://penta.ufrgs.br/edu/telelab/3/visuospe.htm
In my quest to understand architecture I believe it is first important to understand how architecture is perceived. The key to understanding perception is to understand where it comes from, the brain.
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sounds like you spent time with Dr. B?
ReplyDeleteno.... actually i thought of this a few months ago. i think it would be interesting to see if you ran people through a certain architectural scenerio and gather the information as their brain processes it. the goal in the end would be to see if it would be possible (with enough data) to then predict how the brain would react to certain situations. i met this lesbian who was studying neuroscience who filled me in on the details. Dr. B only briefly mentioned something like this when i spoke with her. I also met another friend in lubbock who studies the same thing and told me that they are actually able to tell whether a person is looking at a specific shape based soley on the information gathered from a EEG net. i have been reading alot since as well.... many more ideas to come...
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