During the first lecture we saw a number of optical illusions. What key aspect of sensory processing did we learn from these examples? a. That humans have difficulty perceiving parallel lines. b. That perception is objective: the same visual scene will look identical to all observers. c. That our perception is heavily influenced by top-down processes. d. That sensory processing is unambiguous: our senses always precisely represent our environment.
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