Last Minute Lecture

Object and Concept Recognition in Cognitive Psychology — Chapter 5 Summary from Cognitive Psychology Recognizing a friend’s face, identifying a coffee mug, or naming a smell — all of these rely on complex cognitive mechanisms of object and concept recognition. Chapter 5 of Cognitive Psychology dives into how we perceive, classify, and mentally organize the objects and concepts that make up our environment. In this chapter summary from Last Minute Lecture , we explore theories of visual recognition, the role of top-down and bottom-up processing, and the specialized processes behind recognizing faces and categorizing concepts. Watch the video above or continue reading to understand how your brain turns patterns and sensory input into meaningful, recognizable information about the world around you. Object Recognition: The Basics Object recognition involves identifying and classifying objects based on stored mental representations. It draws from both bottom-up processing (dri...