Problem
A new form of space travel will allow astronauts to explore planets in other solar systems. NASA is concerned about the ability of astronauts to correctly perceive the environments on these alien planets. Your job is to design a brief guide that can be used to help astronauts evaluate their perceptions when they are exploring these planets.
1. Consider the importance of top-down processing. How will you educate the astronauts on how top-down processing may affect their perceptions on a different planet?
2. To what extent will Gestalt strategies be helpful or harmful in terms of correctly perceiving objects and patterns? 3. Obviously it will be important to correctly segregate figure and ground. What cues should the astronauts look for to help with figure-ground segregation?
