CONTEXT MEMO

TO: DR. MUSSELMAN

FROM: LULU ZHANG

SUBJECT: CONTEXT MEMO FOR PROJECT 2 FINAL DRAFT

DATE: NOVEMBER 15 2017

The purpose of this paper is to explore trypophobia and its properties. This review is
formatted with 0.75 margins, and name placed as the author as described in the
Extended General Comments document. Additional course information was not listed
in the paper and can be found here:

Lulu Zhang
Date submitted: November 15, 2017
ENGW 3307
Project 2 Final Draft
Reference Style: CSE
Word Count: 3809 (excluding References)

The following concepts will be helpful in understanding certain parts of the review:

The spectral composition of images refers to the visual properties of an image such as
chromatic and luminescence contrasts.

The spatial frequency of an image is how much detail is in the stimulus per degree of
visual angle, so an image with small details with sharp edges will have a higher spatial
frequency than an image with larger, fuzzier details. Spatial frequency is inversely related
to the contrast of an image and there tends to be a characteristic proportion between the
two in natural images. For trypophobic images the peculiar spectral composition refers to
the relationship between contrast and spatial frequency.

Zoophobia is the fear or phobia of animals. It is recognized as a specific phobia in the

DSM-V.