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1
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The optic nerves from the right and left eye initially meet at the ____.

A

Optic Chiasm

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Brittanie has had damage to the dorsal stream of her visual system. She now has trouble with _____.

A

describing what is seen

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Cortical neurons in the visual cortex of a kitten or a cat will lose the ability to respond to stimuli in one eye if the eye is sutured shut for ____.

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the first month of life

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Corrie is studying for a quiz on the rods and cones. She writes in her notes that _____ are more ______

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rods; sensitive to dim light

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Which theory of color vision is best able to explain negative color afterimages?

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Opponent-process theory

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Parker consciously experiences “seeing” something when the information reaches _____.

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V1

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Melba is one of the unique individuals that has 4 kinds of cones. What is not true about Melba?

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She has two forms of the short-wavelength cone

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The primary visual cortex sends its information ____.

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to area V2

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Visual information from the lateral geniculate area goes to the ____.

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primary visual cortex

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Chemicals that release energy when struck by light are called ____

A

photopigments

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____ modify the ____ sensitivity to different wavelengths of light.

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Opsins; photopigments

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Light enters the eye through an opening in the center of the iris called the ____.

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pupil

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According to the law of specific nerve energies, the brain tells the difference between one sensory modality and another by ____.

A

which neurons are active

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Daryl is studying for a quiz on the visual system. He records in his notes that axons from the _____ project to the ____ of the cerebral cortex

A

LGN; occipital lobe

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Professor Hancock is giving a lecture about peripheral vision. Which is the most likely to say?

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It is easier to recognize single objects in the periphery that are not surrounded by other objects.

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16
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The opponent-process theory explains why Dania’s dress still looks blue even after she dims the lights.

A

False

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17
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Which cell responds most strongly to a stimulus moving perpendicular to its axis?

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Complex

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Once within the cerebral cortex, the magnocellular pathway continues, with a dorsal branch important for ____.

A

integrating vision with action

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In addition to having difficulty recognizing faces, people with prosopagnosia may have difficulty____.

A

recognizing different kinds of plants and animals

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The ventral stream of visual processing is important for identifying movement.

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False

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The one additional feature that hypercomplex cells have that complex cells do not is that hypercomplex cells ____.

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have strong inhibitory area at one end of its receptive field

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22
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The fact that all colors on older televisions were created by combining only three different colors of light supports the ____ theory of color vision.

A

tri-chromatic

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Lynn was developing film in a room with red light. When she came out of the room, everything looked a little green for a while. Which theory explains why this is happening to her?

A

Opponent-process theory

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The retinas of predatory birds such as hawks ____.

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have a greater density of receptors than do humans on the top half of the retina

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In order to be able to see things in her periphery, Pauline’s _____ need to be activated

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rods

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Which structure has the largest receptive fields and the greatest preferential sensitivity to highly complex visual patterns, such as faces?

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Inferior temporal cortex

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Which theory can best explain why people that are wearing yellow-colored glasses can still identify the color of a green apple?

A

Retinex Theory

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Night-active species are more likely than day-active species to have ____.

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a greater rod to cone ratio

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Professor Utz is giving a talk about how the eye processes light. He tells the class that once the bipolar cells receive input from ______, they send the message on to ______.

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photoreceptors; ganglion cells

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30
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A person with visual agnosia is unable to ____.

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recognize visual objects

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31
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According to the Young-Helmholtz theory, what is the basis for color vision?

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Three kinds of cones

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32
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The lateral geniculate nucleus is part of the ____.

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thalamus

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33
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The point in space from which light strikes the receptor is called the ____.

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receptive field

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34
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When cells in the middle temporal cortex respond to visual stimuli, their response depends mostly on the ____.

A

speed and direction of movement

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35
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According to the trichromatic theory, we can perceive only three colors

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False

36
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In what order does visual information pass through the retina?

A

receptor cells; bipolar cells; ganglion cells

37
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An object’s location, color, and movement are all processed in the same part of the visual cortex.

A

False

38
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Tori has suffered damage to her magnocellular pathway. Now, she has problems with _____.

A

seeing things in motion

39
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What type of cell responds to a pattern of light in a particular orientation anywhere within its large receptive field, regardless of the exact location of the stimulus?

A

Complex

40
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Parvocellular cells respond strongly to moving stimuli and large overall patterns

A

False

41
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V1 neurons would be most strongly activated by viewing ____.

A

repeating stripes on a flag

42
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If you want to see something in fine detail, you should focus the light on which part of your retina?

A

the fovea

43
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What is the shape of the receptive field to which a simple cell in the primary visual cortex responds?

A

Bar in a particular orientation

44
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The Decarlos just had a new baby. Their baby is more likely to pay attention to ____ than anything else at this time

A

Faces

45
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In the vertebrate retina, which cells are responsible for lateral inhibition?

A

Horizontal cells

46
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Once within the cerebral cortex, the magnocellular pathway continues, with a dorsal branch important for ____.

A

integrating vision with action

47
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Cutting the left optic nerve in front of the optic chiasm would result in blindness in the ____.

A

left eye

48
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The ____ of any neuron in the visual system is the area of the visual field that excites or inhibits it.

A

receptive field

49
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Astigmatism refers to the ____.

A

asymmetric curvature of eyes

50
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Color and brightness constancy are best explained by the ____ theory of color vision

A

retinex

51
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Cells in the inferior temporal cortex that are sensitive to a particular shape are also likely to respond to the shape’s ____.

A

mirror-reversal

52
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To see something with her best vision, Lore turned to look directly at it. This was so she could use her foveal vision.

A

True

53
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According to the trichromatic theory of color vision, the most important factor in determining the color we see is the ____.

A

relative activity if short, medium, and ling wavelengths

54
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An object’s location, color, and movement are all processed in the same part of the visual cortex.

A

False

55
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The visual path in the parietal cortex is referred to as the ____.

A

dorsal stream

56
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Cells in the magnocellular path are color insensitive, therefore _____ is also color insensitive.

A

MT

57
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Which of the following would be easiest for someone who is motion blind?

A

Dressing themselves

58
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Laurence is able to drive his car within a lane since he can clearly see the lines and edge of the road. His nervous system enhances his ability to see edges by ______.

A

an illusion created in the retina called lateral inhibition

59
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Noella is a makeup artist and is very good at using makeup to create fine details to create a visual effect (ex. making a person look older). As she works, her ______ cells help her to see the details.

A

parvocellular

60
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According to the retinex theory, we perceive color by ____.

A

contrasting the activity in one area of the visual fiels with that of the others

61
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Wanetta has had damage to the ventral stream of her visual system. She now has trouble with _____.

A

the ability to describe the shape or size of an object

62
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Cecelia doesn’t fall going down stairs because she can clearly see the edge of each step as a result of lateral inhibition.

A

True

63
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What is strabismus?

A

A failure of the two eyes to focus on the same thing at the same time

64
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Various types of ____ cells refine the input to ganglion cells, enabling them to respond specifically to shapes, movement, or other visual features.

A

amacrine cells

65
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Johannes Müller held that whatever excites a particular nerve establishes a special kind of energy unique to that nerve.

A

True

66
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JC is looking at something located to his right (meaning it is within his right visual field). Where would that light hit his retina?

A

On the left half

67
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The coding of visual information in your brain results in an exact duplicate of the object’s shape on the surface of the cortex.

A

False

68
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Once within the cerebral cortex, a mixed pathway of magnocellular and parvocellular cells is important for ____.

A

brightness and color

69
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In vertebrate retinas, receptors send their messages ____.

A

to bipolar cells within the retina

70
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When Ileen sees something that looks like a face, she has had activation of her _____.

A

fusiform gyrus

71
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Photopigments are stable in the dark.

A

True

72
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Once within the cerebral cortex, the magnocellular pathway continues, with a ventral branch sensitive to ____.

A

movement

73
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In the back of each of Teresita’s eyes, the axons of her ganglion cells all leave in one large bundle called the ______. As a result, this causes her to experience a _____.

A

optic nerve; blind spot

74
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Once information is sent to the secondary visual cortex, it ____.

A

may return to the primary visual cortex

75
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The primary visual cortex is also known as the ____.

A

striate cortex

76
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The optic nerve sends most of its information to the _____ of the _____.

A

later geniculate nucleus; thalamus

77
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Someone with prosopagnosia has difficulty with ____.

A

recognizing faces

78
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____ respond to a particular feature of a stimulus.

A

Feature detectors

79
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____ cells axons make up the optic nerve.

A

Ganglion

80
Q

Branches of the optic nerve go directly to what areas of the brain?

A

lateral geniculate and superior colliculus

81
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In foveal vision, ____.

A

each ganglion cell is excited by a single cone

82
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Why do humans perceive faint light better in the periphery of the eye?

A

More receptors in the periphery than in the fovea funnel input to each ganglion cell

83
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Suppose someone has a genetic defect that prevents the formation of horizontal cells in the retina. Which visual phenomenon is most likely to be impaired?

A

Lateral inhibition

84
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Although he has been blind since birth, Alden can experience _____, which is ______.

A

blindsight; the ability to respond in limited ways to visual information without perceiving it consciously

85
Q

Simple cells are found exclusively in the primary visual cortex.

A

True

86
Q

What is responsible for sharpening contrast at visual borders?

A

lateral inhibition

87
Q

According to the law of specific nerve energies, the brain tells the difference between one sensory modality and another by ____.

A

which neurons are active

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