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rods and cones send impulses along the optic nerve to the

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Brain

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Light is detected by the

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Rods and cones in the retina

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Each eye has its own

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Visual field

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The visual field is the

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Region of the environment from which the eye collects light

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The visual fields of our 2 eyes overlap, because both eyes are close together and forward facing. This is called

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Binocular vision

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Light from the right hand side of the visual field focuses on the left side of each retina and light from the left-hand side of visual field focuses on the

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Right-hand side of each retina

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1)Action potentials from the rods and cones in the retinas pass along the

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Optic nerve to the occipital line at the back of the brain

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2)Action potentials enter an area known as the

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Visual cortex

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3)The left and right optic nerves come together at the

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Optic chiasma

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4) at the optic chiasma about half of the sensory neurones in each optic nerve cross to the other sure of the brain. From here, sensory neurones lass to the

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Lateral geniculate nucleus (LGN) and then to the visual cortex

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5) As a result, sensory information from both eyes passes to

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Each cerebral hemisphere

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Each eye is looking at the environment from a slightly different position. This means that the images received from each eye will be very slightly different. The visual cortex processes both images to produce a

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Single perceived image

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Binocular vision is very useful for judging distances. The brain is able to judge depth and distance from a comparisons of the

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2 different images received from each eye

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The visual cortex is the part of the brain that interprets or perceives what we see. The images are actually recognised when impulses pass to the

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Visual association area

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Each part of the visual cortex is devoted to one part of the retina, so the brain can recognise which part of the retina the

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Impulses have come from

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The bottom up theories propose that perception occurs from using all the

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Information available to the eyes

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(Bottom-up) there is no need to process the information as the eyes receive

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Sufficient information themselves

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(Bottom-up) this sufficient information includes how many features?

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(Bottom-up) feature 1:

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Combining 2 images can perceive depth and distance

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(Bottom-up)feature 2

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The closer an object is to the eye the more the eye are converged

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(Bottom up) feature 3:

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Closer objects are in front of more distant objects

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Bottom up feature 4

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Objects closer to the eye can be seen in more detail

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Bottom up feature 5

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Parallel lines converge (come together) as they spread into the distance

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Bottom up feature 6

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As you move along, the point you are moving towards remains stationary while the rest of the view moves away from this point - info about speed and direction

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Bottom up feature 7:
Clues about distance and speed can be gained from environment
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Top down theories of perception are also called
Constructivist theories
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Top down theories state that perception does not just rely on the information from the senses but also
Past knowledge, experience and expectations
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Evidence for top down theories comes from
Studying visual illusions
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(Top down) when we look at a person in the distance or near to us, we perceive them both as being the same Size even though they cast different images on the retina. Top-down theorists explain they this is because of our
Past experiences
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2 theories of visual perception:
Bottom-up | Top-down