Steps Of Visual Perception System Flashcards
1
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Reception
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The process by which the eye receives incoming light from the external environment and focuses it onto the retina where an image of the visual stimulus is captured.
2
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Transduction
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The process by which the photoreceptors change electromagnetic energy into electrical impulses which can travel along the optic nerve to the brain
3
Q
Transmission
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Involves sending info in the form of electrical impulses along the optic nerve
4
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Interpretation
A
Process of assigning meaning to visual stimuli info so that we understand what we are looking at
