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Lesson 5 Flashcards

1
Q

Translation of external information (light, sound, touch, odor, time) into neural codes

A

sensation

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2
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The organization and interpretation of sensations into a coherent percept of the world

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perception

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3
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Cells specialized to detect certain kinds of
stimuli

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sensory receptors

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4
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Process for converting physical stimulus energy into electrochemical messages for transmission as nerve impulses to the brain

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transduction

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5
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what are the two sensory areas we have in the brain?

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primary and secondary

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6
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All sensory inputs reach cortex via the thalamus
except for _______

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olfaction

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7
Q

Bees perceive distinct color patterns on flowers that are invisible to the human eye. Why is that?

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The color patterns are in ultraviolet light, which humans cannot see

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8
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vision begins where and with what?

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at the eye with sensation

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9
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electromagnetic energy that travels in waveforms that have intensity and wavelength

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light

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10
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intensity is related to what?

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brightness

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11
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wavelength is related to what?

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colors

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12
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distance in crest between two waves - relates to perceived color

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wavelength

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13
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what type of cells are located in the retina (the back part of the eye)?

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photoreceptors

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14
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how much types of photoreceptors are there in the eye? what are they?

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2; RODS and CONES

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15
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high-sensitivity, but low-resolution vision (poor acuity),
no color (black & white), good for low-light conditions

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RODS

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16
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good for high-resolution vision, and for color vision

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CONES

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17
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Where are cones most concentrated in?

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the fovea

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18
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where are rods absent from?

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the fovea

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19
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true or false? if false, correct the statement

both rods and cones exist in the blind spot of the eye

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False; No receptors at all exist in the blind spot

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20
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true or false? if false, correct the statement

there are actually many pathways from the eye to the brain

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true

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21
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what principle aligns with there being a gradual decline in the reaction to any stimulus if the stimulus persists unchanged

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adaptation

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22
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Sensory systems respond more to change in _______

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stimulation

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23
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what type of cells don’t respond to light/dark per se, but local transitions from light to dark, or dark to light (i.e., edges)

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retinal ganglion cells

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24
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bright in the center and dark in the immediate surround elicits strongest increase in activity

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on-center

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25
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dark in the center and bright in the immediate surround elicits strongest increase in activity

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off-center

26
Q

Left visual field images are communicated to ____ visual cortex.

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right

27
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Right visual field images are communicated to ____ visual cortex.

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left

28
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Contra Eye: Layers ___,____ & ___

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1, 4 & 6

29
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Ipsi Eye: Layers ____, ____ & ___

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2, 3 & 5

30
Q

some ‘vision’ via a subcortical visual pathway

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blindsight

31
Q

Perception combines ____ stimuli (bottom-up)
and ______ (top-down)

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visual; expectations

32
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what is one “rule” the visual system use to arbitrate between possible interpretations?

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“non-accidental view”
(the one that’s simplest, most probable, as opposed to least probable)

33
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When in visual processing do ‘top down’ processes influence perception?

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Attention to regions of space can alter or enhance responding in V1 (and even LGN), but the response properties are the same

34
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what area responses to ‘illusory’ lines?

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V2

35
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what areas have dorsal and ventral components, after which the visual pathways split?

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V2 and V3

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37
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The highest density of ________, or color-sensitive photoreceptors, can be found in the ________ of the retina.

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cones; fovea

38
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Due to a defect in one type of photoreceptor, Sheena has poor vision at night, when light levels are relatively low. Which type of photoreceptor is defective?

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rod

39
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The primary visual pathway is best described as

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retina –> optic nerve –> optic chiasm –> thalamus –> occipital lobe

40
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the “what” pathway is located in the

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temporal lobe

41
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the “where” pathway is located in the

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parietal

42
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V4 is important in

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shape and color perception

43
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V5 is important in

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movement perception

44
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V4 color vision depends on what two things?

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wavelength (cones) and luminance (or presumed luminance)

45
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how can we assess functional role of visual areas?

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by examining behavior in patients with lesions that result in specific deficits in perception.

46
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what disorder impairs motion perception due to cortical damage? where do they have damage?

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Akinetopsia; damage in V5

47
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Impaired color perception due to cortical damage

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Achromatopsia

48
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what does the dorsal pathway of vision offer us?

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-Where/How computations
-Spatial perception
-Dynamics/motion
-Vision for action

49
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what does the lateral pathway of vision offer us?

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-What computations
-Shape, color, texture
-Object recognition
-Object categorization:
-Links with memory

50
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Optic ataxia is impairment of visually guided reaching despite normal object recognition.
Impaired vision for action. What type of lesion would a patient have?

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dorsal lesion

51
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Visual agnosia (without knowledge) is impairments in object recognition/spared action vision also, impaired vision for color.What type of lesion would a patient have?

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Ventral lesion

52
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Brain regions selectively responding to faces

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Fusiform Face Area

53
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what do patients have difficulty with when there is damage to the Fusiform Face Area

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recognizing faces

54
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area that responses to body parts

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EBA, extrastriate body area

55
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area that responses to objects and shapes

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LOC, lateral occipital complex, and IT, inferior temporal, cortex in general

56
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area that responses to places

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PPA, parahippocampal place area

57
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area that responses to faces

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FFA, fusiform face area; FFB, fusiform body area

58
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Which of the following is a brain region that would likely be implicated in processing spatial relations in an outdoor scene?

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the parahippocampal place area (PPA)

59
Q

With regard to the two main output pathways from the occipital lobe, ________ is to ________ as dorsal is to ventral.

A

“where”; “what”

60
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If you were to conduct a single-cell recording from a neuron in the MT region of the extrastriate visual cortex, you would probably find that the cell fires most vigorously to a

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bar of light that moves across the cell’s receptive field.

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