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sensation

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the awareness of properties of an object or event when a sensory receptor is stimulated

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perception

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the act of organizing & interpretting sensory input as a signaling particular object or event

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psycho physics

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-studies relationship between physical stimuli & the sensation & perception that those stimuli effect

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thresholds

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-absolute threshold: the strength or amount of a stimulus for you to detect if it is there (50% of time

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the weakest amount of stimulus that a person can detect 50% of the time

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threshold

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aspects of vision

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wavelength, frequency, amplitude

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what is the structure of the eye?

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pupil, iris, cornea, retina, fovea, optic nerve

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aspects of the rods of an eye

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100-200 million (out in peripherie)
super sensitive to light
only register shades of gray

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aspects of cones of an eye

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5-6 million (in the center)
sensitive to particular wavelengths
allow color to vision

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difference threshold

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the just noticeable difference.
the color video we did in class- how you had to find the color that was slightly different

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absolute threshold

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knowing something is there (a stimuli)

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what is the just noticeable (JND) difference tested by?

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Weber’s law

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weber’s law

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must differ by constant minimum % NOT amount (ex: weight must change by 2% before we can tell a difference)

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what is the vision stimulus?

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the photon

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wavelengths

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red are longer waves, blue are shorter waves with more frequency

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light goes into the eye through what?

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the pupil

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short wavelengths or high frequency

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blue and violets. high-pitched sounds

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long low frequency

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reds. low-pitched sounds

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high amplitude

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bright colors. louder

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low amplitude, low frequency

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dull colors. soft sounds

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what is the colored muscle in the eye and aids to let light in?

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iris- contracts or relaxes

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what is the clear curvature of the eye, helps the light change its angle/refraction, and protects the eye

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cornea

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what is thicker that the cornea that gets fatter or flatter and helps with depth perception?

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lens
when fatter - light bends sharply
when flatter - light is less sharp

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where does the information leave the eye at?

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the optic nerve

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what are the photo receptors of an eye?

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the rods & cones

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young-helmholtz trichomatric threory

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theory that we see three colors: red, green, blue

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opponent process theory (hering)

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has to do with the layout on the retina of the cones
-red/green; blue/yellow; black/white

(american flag opposing color experiment on slide)

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color blindness

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red/green deficiency (typical)
blue not as typical
-inherited through X chromosome, so usually men have it since they only have one X chromosome
-dichromatic- cones dont fire well

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do dogs see color?

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yes, just a lot less color than us (humans)

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what is accomodation?

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when the lens changes shape (fatter vs flatter)

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transduction

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-a cell that translates the world language into the brains language

-photons make light receptors into neuron signals/chemicals

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what is myopia?

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nearsighted

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what is hypermetropia?

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farsighted

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what is astigmatism?

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shape of cornea is abnormal, so it projects two images that are slightly blurry

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aspects of hearing

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-wavelength, amplitude, loudness, pitch, hertz, decibels (what it is measured in)

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outer ear

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pinna- collects and directs sound waves into the ear canal
eardrum- amplifies sound by pushing bones and pushes bones on the fluid filled area which creates waves, then little hairsopen and close fluid cells

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basilar membrane

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-place theory: where does the sound end
-high frequency waves: dissipates near narrow & stiff base
-low frequency waves: propagate all the way to the apex

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auditory cortex

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-Primary auditory cortex
* Tonotopic organization within primary auditory cortex

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more on auditory cortex

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-process complex relevant sounds (animal noises, footsteps, complex pattern of sound)
-fine-tuned experience (language and music)

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what is amnusia

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not being able to match a pitch

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kinds of deafness

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  1. central
  2. conduction
  3. sensorinueral
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central defness

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-auditory areas of brain fail to process incoming info
-often due to stroke, tumor or TBI

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conduction deafness

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-not common
-often due to fusing of ossicles
-Sound vibrations cannot be turned into fluid displacement

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sensorineural deafness

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-Hair cells fail to respond to fluid displacement
-Often due to permanent damage to hair cells

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vestibular system

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  • sense of balance
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motion sickness

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-sensory conflict theory: contradictory sensory messages
-Discrepancy between vestibular and visual info

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perceptual organization

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How the brain perceives a whole and in
depth picture of our world

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gestalt psychologist

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study how the mind
organizes sensations into perceptions

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ambiguous figures

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-the Jesus signs she showed

a picture that can be interpreted in multiple ways, or that appears to oscillate between two different interpretations

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gestalt laws

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grouping principles

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illusory contour

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a perceived edge that appears between aligned luminance edges, but is not physically present in an image

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depth perception cues

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Binocular cues
Monocular cues

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binocular cues

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retinal disparity
-different angles coming into each eye, brain connects them, and it makes it one image
convergence
-(brining finger close to eye)
-calculating angle

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monocular cues

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relative motion
-motion parrallax
-things that are closer go oppostite, further away things go in same direction (when driving)
-relative height
-relative size
-interposition
-light & shadow
-linear perpective
-depth cues (visual illusion)

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know up through slide 75

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