Multidisciplinary Approach to Function: Global and Local Information Processing

Vocabulary flashcards covering the concepts of global and local visual information processing based on the lecture notes.

Complex Visual Information

Visual information that is not necessarily complicated, but is composed of several elements organized together.

Complicated Information

Information that is described as chaotic.

Global Processing

A processing mode that focuses on spatial relationships between elements and their overall configuration, which occurs spontaneously in humans.

Local Processing

A processing mode that focuses on the identity of details within a configuration, such as the details required for recognizing faces or written words.

Attentional Shift

The mechanism of switching back and forth between global and local modes of information analysis.