Lecture 8

Question 1

finish this quote by Robert Kiyosaki
“sight is what you see with your eyes, vision ……….

Answer 1

“sight is what you see with your eyes, vision is what you see with your mind”

Question 2

around half of the cerebral cortex is devoted to what

Answer 2

visual processing

Question 3

if optical information is ambiguous what will humans do

Answer 3

humans rewight other sensory inputs

Question 4

where are the cones concentrated in for our vision

Answer 4

concentrated in central retina

Question 5

where are rods found for vision

Answer 5

peripheral retina

Question 6

what are rods very sensitive to

Answer 6

light

Question 7

where is the retina found in the eye

Answer 7

lining of the back of the eyeball

Question 8

what is the primary sensory organ of the visual system

Answer 8

the retina

Question 9

what is transduction (visual system)

Answer 9

light waves are converted to electrical impulses

Question 10

when are cone cells more stimulated

Answer 10

high levels of day vision

Question 11

when are rod cells more sensitive

Answer 11

more sensitive to low levels of resolution (movement in dark)

Question 12

what are the 6 extraocular muscles

Answer 12

• superior rectus muscle
• inferior rectus muscle
• medial rectus muscle
• lateral rectus muscle
• superior oblique muscle
• inferior oblique muscle

Question 13

5 types of eye movements

Answer 13

• vestibular-ocular reflex
• optokinetic reflex (responsible for large movements around)
• smooth pursuit
• saccades
• vergence

Question 14

what are the skilled eye movements that need to be practiced

Answer 14

• smooth pursuit
• saccades
• vergence

Question 15

what is monocular vision

Answer 15

seeing with only one eye at a time

Question 16

what is binocular vision

Answer 16

vision using two eyes with overlapping fields of view

Question 17

what is binocular vision important for

Answer 17

important for depth perception

Question 18

what do skilled players orient their central vision to

Answer 18

orient central vision towards key players

Question 19

what do skilled players concurrently use peripheral vision to what …….

Answer 19

concurrently use peripheral vision to pick up information from other players

Question 20

less skilled players dont have enough knowledge to effectively …..

Answer 20

process information from peripheral vision

Question 21

what vision strategy may be used by less skilled players

Answer 21

direct all their attention centrally, to look at key players

Question 22

skilled athletes posses a superior capacity to use …

Answer 22

central and peripheral vision

Question 23

what are the two visual channels

Answer 23

perception and action pathway

Question 24

what does the perception pathway connect

Answer 24

the primary visual cortex with the inferior temporal lobes

Question 25

what does the action pathway connect

Answer 25

the primary visual cortex with the posterior parietal lobes

Question 26

what is the ventral stream

Answer 26

the perception pathway

Question 27

what is the dorsal stream

Answer 27

the action pathway

Question 28

where is the dorsal stream located

Answer 28

goes over the top like a dolphin

Question 29

where is the ventral stream located

Answer 29

below the dorsal stream

Question 30

how is it known that dorsal and ventral streams work in tandem

Answer 30

because research has been done on people with injuries to their brain

Question 31

in time restricted tasks, skilled athletes anticipate movements based on what

Answer 31

visual information from the environment

Question 32

finish the quote from J.J. Gibson (1979)
“we must perceive in order to move, but we also…

Answer 32

“we must perceive in order to move, but we also must move in order to perceive”