Wednesday, October 2, 2013

Visual Perception 1 / Top-Down Visual Processing


The features of this BART map include a clear separation of a 'blue area', a distinctly different grayed-out area, and an "X" like shape splattered over the entire image. The separation of land versus water is distinguished with color, more explicitly noticed on the land which has bounded areas of green and gray. These are the patterns we see on the map, we also can clearly see a divide between the terrain map which is dull, versus the bright eye-catching route of the BART lines. Finally for the objects that we notice, although almost minute on this map, there are the different BART trains, defined by color. The blue immediately calls our attention and is identified as water. We also notice the symbols used for information, a prime example being the parking symbol which repeats throughout the map.



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