Definitions And Theories Of Vision

Question 0

Parallel processing

Answer 0

Brains natural mode of information processing

Ex: recognizing a face

Question 1

Feature detection

Answer 1

Nerve cells in the brain respond to specific features such as shale angle or movement

Question 2

Trichromatic theory

Answer 2

Young and helmholtz
Three types of cones. Sensitive to blue green and red. Any combo will produce all color variations. If they are all activated we see white

Question 3

Opponent process

Answer 3

Hering
Agree with the blue green and red cones but thought that each cone is capable of responding to two different colors
Blue yellow. Red green. Black white

Question 4

Dual process theory

Answer 4

Combine both theories.

Three types of cones blue red green. Ganglion cells have the ability to detect both light