High Vision Flashcards
1
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optic flow
A
the overall pattern of movement in the visual field
2
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peristimulus time histogram
A
a graph that shows how a neuron responds to a stimulus
3
Q
hemineglect
A
a condition where patients are unable to attend to the visual field contralateral from the lesion
4
Q
iconic memories
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sensory impressions that only last a few seconds
5
Q
short term memories/working memory
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memories that last throughout conscious rehearsal
6
Q
prosopagnosia
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‘face blindness’
cannot recognize individual faces
caused by damage to the right fusiform gyrus
7
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persistent neural activity
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neural firing that sustains itself in the absence of a stimulus and, thus, can store a memory of a stimulus that is no longer there
