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1
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Wavelength

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Longer: Red
Shorter: Violet

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Amplitude

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Height determines brightness

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Purity

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Single wavelength: completely saturated
Multiple: Natural light (de-saturated)

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Visible spectrum

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Our Total range of sensitivity to wavelengths of light

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Infrared Spectrum

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Made up of wavelengths longer than humans are able to perceive

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Cornea

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Allows light to pass through, beginning focusing process

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Sclera

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Tougher white membrane covering eye

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Pupil

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Light passes through after the cornea

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Iris

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Controls size of pupil

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Lens

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Light passes through after the pupil
- Focusing of light onto the retina

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Lens Accomodation

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Object is close = lens gets rounder
Object is far = lens gets elongated

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12
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Vitreous Humor

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Light passes through after the lens

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Retina

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Where physical stimulus translates into neural impulses

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Photoreceptors

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Translate physical stimulus into neural signal that is relayed to brain

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Retinal pigment epithelium (RPE)

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Where photoreceptors gets nutrients

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Rods

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  • Low light intensities
  • No colour info
  • Poor acuity
  • Periphery
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Cones

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  • high light intensities
  • Provide colour, sharpness and acuity
  • Central
18
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Ganglion cells

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Collect info from larger segment of retina

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What causes the blind spot?

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Axons converge on optic disc leading there to be no photoreceptors

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Horizontal and amacrine cells

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Allow areas within retinal layer to communicate with each other

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Receptive Field

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Collection of rods and cones that when stimulated fire receptive field of that retinal ganglion cell

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Right visual field

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Input from right nasal and left temporal
- processed in left visual cortex

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Left visual field

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Input from left nasal and right temporal
- processed in right visual cortex

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What is meant by receptive fields being arranged in topographic map?

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Neighboring locations in retina project to neighboring locations in visual cortex

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Extrastriate Cortex

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Outside of Primary Visual Cortex
- Subserve functions related to colour, motion and object recognition

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Dorsal Stream

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Depth and motion in the field
- Runs from extrastriate cortex to parietal lobe

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Ventral Stream

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Colour and form of object
- Runs from extrastriate cortex to temporal love

28
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How is visual info compressed

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many photoreceptors to less ganglion cells to less LGN cells to less visual cortical cells

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Eye Evolution

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cumulative selection: an evolutionary process whereby new adaptations are layered upon old adaptations

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First part of eye evolution

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Algae used light as energy creating action potentials c

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Second part of eye evolution

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Light sensitive patch formed into a slight curve
- allows direction of light to be sensed

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Third part of eye evolution

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Curved patch turned into aperture
- allowed to resolve detail of image

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Fourth part of eye evolution

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Developed to crude lens
- complete with lens, cornea and spherical shape

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Fifth part of eye evolution

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Adjustable lens
- being able to focus and process things at different distances

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Factors that influence eye architecture

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  • Do they live in area with light
  • Does food come from above or below
  • The movement, colour or shape of their prey
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Simple Eyes

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Eyeball, lens and retina
- Crude lenses and accommodating lenses

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Compound Eyes

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Arrangement of tubule units called ommatidia
- All pointing different direction to gather light that is right in front of it
- Many separate signals to one image

38
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Two main functions of the eye

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Resolution (Acuity, sharpness)
Sensitivity (ability to get enough light)

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Big Eyes

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Species that need better eyesight
- Either good for night vision or acuity

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Eye Placement

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Lateral: Prey to see all around them
Front-Facing: Predators to have good perception

41
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Eye Development

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Around 3 months old, infants ability to focus has improved to almost adult level

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