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Parts of Eyes Flashcards

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Cones

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6 million
Tightly packed
Day vision, colour, fine discrimination

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Rods

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120 mil
night vision
also in fovea

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Transduction

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Light energy transformed into neural activity

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Optic Nerve

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Axons, ganglion cells bring visual info to brain

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3 types of colour blindess (TRIDIMO)

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Trichromats - can see everything
Dichromats - only 2 primary colours
Monocromats - cant see any primary colours

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3 psychological dimensions to colour

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Hue - wavelength
Brightness - Intensity
Saturation - Purity

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Agnoisa

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Inability to recognize stimulus that should be recognized - not due to damage or impairment

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Prosopagnosia

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Can’t recognize faces, Brad Pitt

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