Eyes

Question 1

Rhodopsin

Answer 1

Transduces photons to electrical signal

Question 2

Cornea

Answer 2

Focuses light, convex, converging

Question 3

Pupil

Answer 3

Gathers incoming light

Question 4

Iris

Answer 4

Colored, restricts and contracts, opens up

Question 5

Fovea

Answer 5

Focusing spot of eye, lots of cones

Question 6

Rods and Cones to ->

Answer 6

Bipolar cells to ganglion cells to optic nerve

Question 7

optic chiasm

Answer 7

optic nerve crossing point

Question 8

thalamus

Answer 8

directs sensory input

Question 9

Lateral Geniculate Nucleus (LGN)

Answer 9

Main area of thalamus for visual processing (medial, MGN for sound)

Question 10

LGN VS MGN

Answer 10

light v. music

Visual v Auditory

Question 11

Occipital lobe

Answer 11

Takes visual info from thalamus and processes it

Question 12

Superior Colliculus

Answer 12

Allows tracking of objects (Superman has superior vision)

Question 13

Parallel Processing

Answer 13

Analyzes lots of stuff at once

Question 14

Feature Detection

Answer 14

Filtering to identify

Question 15

Parvo cells

Answer 15

Shape

Question 16

Magno cells

Answer 16

Motion

Question 17

Top-Down Processing

Answer 17

Recognize big picture from memory, then check details (More susceptible to bias and mistakes) (faster)

Question 18

Bottom-Up Processing

Answer 18

Looking at details, building a picture from it

Question 19

law of pragnanz

Answer 19

simple, logical, regular as possible

Question 20

Law of Proximity

Answer 20

See things as a group

Question 21

Law of Similarity

Answer 21

See individual things amongst a mix

Question 22

Law of good continuation

Answer 22

keep things continuous, not weirdly, even though it could be seen that way

Question 23

Subjective Contours

Answer 23

Insert shapes that are not there, from voids (usually multiple opinions on what is seen)

Question 24

law of closure

Answer 24

filling gaps from voids to make one complete thing