Psychology Flashcards
Retina
Light sensitive
Back of eye
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Rods
Light sensitive cells in retina
Responds in dim light
Cones
Light sensitive cells in retina
Can detect colour
Optic nerve
Bundle of nerve cells
From retina to brain
They carry info from rods and cones
Blind spot
The area where the optic nerve leaves
Has 0 rods or cones
Can not detect light
Optic chiasma
Where info crosses from both eyes
Visual cortex
At the back of brain where we interpreted visual info
Linear perspective
Where parallel lines appear to meet in the distance
Stereopsis
Vision with two eyes
Compares view from both eyes
Closer the thing the different the item
Texture gradient
An area with detailed pattern seems nearer than one with less detail
Height in the plane
Things closed to the horizon are thought further away
Higher seems far away
Monocular depth cues
Info about depth/distance that comes from one eye
Binocular depth cues
Info about depth/distance that comes from both eyes
Superimposition
When an object overlaps another one in a photo the thing u see is closer
Relative size
Small objects are perceived as further away than larger ones
