Parallel processing (psychology)

In psychology, parallel processing is the ability of the brain to simultaneously process incoming stimuli of differing quality. This becomes most important in vision, as the brain divides what it sees into four components: color, motion, shape, and depth. These are individually analyzed and then compared to stored memories, which helps the brain identify what you are viewing. The brain then combines all of these into the field of view that you see and comprehend.[1] Parallel processing has been linked, by some experimental psychologists, to the Stroop effect. This is a continual and seamless operation.

Rereferences

  1. Wässle, Heinz (2004). "Parallel processing in the mammalian retina". Nature Reviews Neuroscience 5 (10): 747–757. doi:10.1038/nrn1497. ISSN 1471-003X.
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