Lecture 8

Question 1

What are the steps in the visual pathway?

Answer 1

1. Light Energy
2. Reception
3. Transduction
4. Transmission
5. Perception

Question 2

What 2 pathways are there in higher order visual processing?

Answer 2

1. Ventral pathway
2. Dorsal pathway

Question 3

What are the 2 low order visual functions?

Answer 3

Sensory motor functions
Oculomotor functions

Question 4

Where is the visual selective attention situated?

Answer 4

Parietal Cortex

Question 5

Where are the visual memory/visual identification situated?

Answer 5

Inferotemporal cortex

Question 6

What is Hemianopia?

Answer 6

Left/right vision is missing/impaired

Question 7

What is retinopathy of prematurity?

Answer 7

Abnormal growth of eye blood vessels

Question 8

What is ocular albinism?

Answer 8

Reduced pigment in eyes

Question 9

What is Glaucoma?

Answer 9

Vitreous fluid builds up

Question 10

What is retinitis Pigmentosa?

Answer 10

Impairments in rods/cones

Question 11

What is Transduction?

Answer 11

Process of transducting sensory signals into neural signals

Question 12

What two photoreceptors are there?

Answer 12

Rods and cones

Question 13

Where does the transmission take place?

Answer 13

Optic Chiasm

Question 14

Which HOVF are in the dorsal pathway?

Answer 14

Visual Selective Attention and Visual Spatial Attention

Question 15

Which HOVF are in the ventral pathway?

Answer 15

Visual identification and Visual memory

Question 16

Which HOVF is in both pathways (dorsal and ventral?)

Answer 16

Visual processing speed