perception Flashcards
perception is an ____ problem
inverse
what contexts influence our interpretation
genes
past experience
internal state
environmental context
proximal state
somatosensory system is more than touch, what else is it
temperature
vibration
pain
orientation when eyes are closed
bladder urges
blushing
hunger and thirst
distal stimulus
soemthing out in the world
proximal stimulus
what arrives at our eye, ear etc
what is the percept or perception
the representation in your mind of the stimulus
light lands on the back of eye in a focused image on the _________
retina
where in the eye are photoreceptors converted into neural signals
retina
each system has a diff path through body from ear for example to brain, but all paths have similar path
passed from ear into nervous system, start in PNS, arrive at thalamus, then sent to the cortex where it is interpreted into a representation
these two parts of the eye work together to focus and image onto the retina
Cornea and Lens
light passes through the ___ and is restricted by the ring of coloured muscles called the ____. it’s in charge of ___________
passes through the cornea and restricted by the iris
the iris controls the amount of light that can enter the eye
light passes through the hole in the middle of the iris, the _____
pupil
after passing through the pupil what happens to the light
it shines through a lens that will focus the image on the retina
light reaches the pr’s of rods and cones at the back fo the retina, they are _____ and then passed on to?
the light is Converted to neural signals
signals are passed from PR’s to the BiPolar Cells
then to the Retinal Ganglion Cells
the axons of the Ganglion cells leave the eye through the Blindspot. and they are now the Optic Nerve
from the where the light hits the eye to the back of retina - what are the 3 cell layers in order
Ganglions
BiPolar
Photo receptors (rods and cones) - do the conversion
photoreceptors don’t have dendrites to receive signals, they have the ______________. how does it work?
when light hits it, it triggers a series of chemical reactions that causes Ion Channels to open, affects Membrane Potential of the receptor, leads to an action potential or inhibits an AP.
photoreceptors input is different than most neurons, what about their output?
their output uses an Axon with release of neurotransmitters. it is not unique from other nuerons only the input is unique not the output
what are the 3 types of cones, what colours do they correalte to
short to long, refers to what wavelength of light they are most sensitive to
Short cones - Blue end of spectrum - short waves
Medium - middle of spectrum
Long - Red end of the spectrum - longer waves
how does the eye detect colour
how much of the cones are short medium or long.
correlate to what colour is coming in
why do we not see colours when we are somewhere dark
because we now use rods instead of cones. there is only one type of rod which is the middle to sensitivity of diff wavelengths - it brings us no colour info, just shades of grey
what does retinal receptor density refer to? cones
how we have diff [ ] of rodsa nd cones on diff parts of the surface of the retina
the most density is at the fovea - the centre of where welook
what does retinal receptor density refer to? rods
there aren’t as many rods in the fovea as there are cones, there is no room for rods - so many cones.
in the dark, you can see something better if it is in your periphery - there are more rods outside the Fovea
after the optic nerve leaves the eye - where does it go - what structures are on its path in order
axons arrive at Lateral geniculate Nucleus (thalamus) first
from there is sent through pathways known as the Optic Radiations to the Primary Visual Cortex
what are the pathways called that bring axons of the optic nerve from the lateral geniculate to the primary visual cortex
the pathways are called Optic Radiations
primary visual cortex is known as what (symbols)
V1 - first visual area
what lobe is the primary visual cortex in
what part of brain is the lobe in
Occipital Lobe - back of brain
where is the partial crossover that ends with the info from about left visual field going to right hemi and vice versa with info from the left VF
the partial crossover happens at the Optic Chiasm
where does visual cortex info from the Upper Left quadrant of the visual field end up? what does this mean
it ends up in the right Ventral - lower right part of brain - aka Calcarine Sulcus
means that visual info is not only flipped left and right, it is flipped upside down as well
where is the calcarine sulcus
lower right side of brain - visual info from the upper left will end up here as it is flipped left and right also up and down
what is sound - simple answer
changes in air pressure