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Chapter 2: Beginning Of The Perceptual Process Flashcards

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FIrst step of the process

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Light reflected from an object into the eye

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Virtual Process first four steps

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1) The distal stimulus (aika the tree)
2) Light is reflected from the tree and enters the eye to create the proximal stimulus on the vision receptor
3) Receptors transform light into electrical signals
4) Electrical signals are ‘processed” as they travel through a network of neurons

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Visible light

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The energy within the electromagnetic spectrum that humans can perceive, has wavelength from 400nm-700nm

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Electromagnetic spectrum

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A continuum of electromagnetic energy that is produced by electric charges and is radiated as waves

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Wavelength

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The distance between the peaks of the electromagnetic waves

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The eye (how it works)

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Light reflected from objects in the environment enters the eye through the pupil and is focussed by the cornea and lens to form sharp images of the objects on the retina, the network of neurons that covers the back of the eye and that contains the receptors for vision

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2 types of visual receptors

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Rods

Cones

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Outer segments

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Part of the receptor that contains light-sensitive chemicals called visual pigments that react to light and trigger electrical signals

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Fovea

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Only contains cones (when we look at an object, the objects image falls on the fovea)

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Peripheral retina

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Includes all of the retina outside of the fovea, contains both rods and cones

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Macular degeneration

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Common in older people
Destroys the cone rich fovea and a small area surrounding it, which creates a blind spot when seeing an object (loses sight of the object)

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Retina pigmentosa

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Degeneration of the retina that is passed from one generation to the next, attacks peripheral rod receptors and results in poor vision in the peripheral vision field

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Blind spot

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A spot where there is an absence of receptors where the nerve fibers leave the eye

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2-element optical system

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cornea and lens

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Cornea

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Transparent covering of the front of the eye

-accounts for 80 percent of the eye’s focussing power

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Lens

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supplies remaining 20% of focussing power

-can change it shapes to adjust focus for objects at various distances

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Accommodation

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Change in the len’s shape that occurs when the ciliary muscles at the front of the eye tighten and increase the curvature of the lens so it gets thicker

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Presbyopia

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Unable to accommodate enough to see objects (due to hardening of lens and weakening of muscles)

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myopia (nearsightnedness)

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an inability to see distant objects clearly (light rays come to focus in front of the retina)

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Refractive myopia

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the cornea and or the lns bends the light too much

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Axial myopia

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In which the eyeball is too long

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Hyperopia (farsightedness)

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Can see distant objects clearly but have trouble seeing nearby objects because the focus point for parallel rays of light is located behind the retina, usually due to too small of an eyeball

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Transduction

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The transformation of one form of energy into another form of energy

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Visual pigments have two parts

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Long protein called Opsin

Small light sensitive component called retinal

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Isomerization

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The retinal changing shape due to the pigment molecule absorbing light

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Dark Adaption

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The process of increasing sensitivity in the dark

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Dark adaption is measured by

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Determining a dark adaptation curve

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Rod monochromats

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People who have no cones

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As soon as lights are extinguished…

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Rods and cones begin to get more sensitive, but as cones are much more sensitive than rods at the beginning of dark adaptation, we see with our cones right after lights are turned off
After 3-5 minutes the cones have reached maximum sensitivity (but rods are still adjusting and take about 7 minutes, reach maximum at about 20-30 mins)

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Rod-Cone break

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The place where the rods begin to determine the dark adaption curve

31
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Visual pigment bleaching

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The change in shape and separation from the opsin causes the molecule to become lighter in colour (process is called card name)

32
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2 important connections between perception and physiology

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1) Our sensitivity to light depends on the concentration a chemical-the visual pigment
2) The speed at which our sensitivity increase in the dark depends on a chemical reaction - the regeneration of the visual pigment

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Electrical signals occur in structures called

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neurons

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Components of a neuron

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Cell Body: contains mechanisms to keep the cell alive

Dendrites: Branch out from the cell body to receive electrical signals from other neurons

Axon or nerve fiber: full of fluid that conducts electrical signals

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Sensory receptors

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Neurons specialized to respond to environmental stimuli

36
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When the axon or nerve fiber is at rest, the difference in electrical potential between the tips of the two electrodes is:

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  • 70 millivolts (mV)

- this means that the inside of the axon is 70mV more negative than the outside

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Resting potential

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As long as there are no signals in the neuron (refer to card above #36)

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Action potential

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Neurons receptors are stimulated so that a signal is transmitted down the axon. As the signal passes the recording electrode, the charge inside the axon rises to +40mV compared to the outside

-as the signal passes through the charge inside the fiber reverses course and starts becoming negative again

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Propagated response

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Once the response is triggered, it travels all the way down the axon without decreasing in size
(would be the same size even if moved, increasing from -70mV to +40mV)

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Changing the stimulus intensity does not affect the size of the action potentials but does affect the ___ of firing

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rate

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Refractory period

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The interval between the time one nerve impulse occurs and the next one can be generated in the axon

-Refractory period is typically 1ms, so 500-800 impulses per second

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Spontaneous activity

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Action potentials that occur in the absence of stimuli from the environment

43
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ions

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molecules that carry an electrical charge

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The solution outside the axon of a neuron is rich in positively charged _____ (Na+) ions, whereas the solution inside the axon is rich in positively charged _________ (K+) ions

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sodium

potassium

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Permeability

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The ease with which a molecule can pass through the membrane

The opening of sodium channels in the membrane represents an increase in the permeability

46
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Rising phase of the action potential

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The increase in potential from -70mV to +40mV (polarized)

47
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Once the neuron reaches +40mV the sodium cannels close (membrane becomes impermeable to sodium) and the potassium channels open up

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CRAZZZZY #BIO11

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Falling phase of the action potential

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Going from +40mV to -70mV (repolarization)

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Synapse

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The spaces between neurons

50
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Neurotransmitters

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Flow into the synapse to small areas on the receiving neuron receptor sites that are sensitive to specific neurotransmitters

51
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Two types of responses at the receptor sites

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Excitatory

Inhibitory

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Excitatory response

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occurs when the inside of the neuron becomes more positive

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Depolarization

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Process when the inside of the neuron becomes more positive

Depolarization is an excitatory response

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Inhibitory response

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occurs when the inside of the neuron becomes more negative, a process called hyperpolarization

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Hyperpolarization is a _____ response

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inhibitory (as it causes the charge inside the axon to move away from the level of depolarization)

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Neural Circuits

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interconnected groups of neurons - within the retina

57
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Two types of neurons that connect neurons across the retina (asides from bipolar cells and ganglion cells

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Horizontal cells

Amacrine cells

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Neural convergence

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Occurs when a number of neurons synapse onto a single neuron

59
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The greater convergence of the rods compared to the cones translate into two differences in perception

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1) the rods result in better sensitivity than the cones

2) The cones result in better detail vision than the rods

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Visual acuity

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Referrers to the ability to see details (seeing small letters at eye doctor equals high acuity)

61
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High convergence results in high sensitivity but poor acuity (the rods)

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WOW

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Low convergence results in low sensitivity but high acuity (Cones)

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WOW

63
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Preferential lookin technique

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Two stimuli are presented and the observer sees what one the child looks at longer

64
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Node of ranvier

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Little gaps in myelin sheath used to facilitate speed

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