Vision Flashcards
1
Q
What does vision depend on ?
A
Light emitted by sun, lightbulbs, etc
2
Q
How do we experience light?
A
Colour, brightness, saturation - depends on wavelength, amplitude, complexity
3
Q
6 parts eye is composed of
A
cornea fovea iris pupil lens retina
4
Q
Accomodation process?
A
Lens adjusts its shape to focus light from objects that are near or far
5
Q
Dark and Light adaption
A
Receptor cells sensitize and desensitize to light
6
Q
Blind spot?
A
Optic disk
7
Q
Feature detectors?
A
After being processed in brain, visual signals reach primary visual cortex, fd respond to that signal
8
Q
Opponent Process Theory
A
Accounts for perception of primary colours. Also afterimages
9
Q
Gestalt Psychology
A
Perceived whole sometimes has properties that dont exist in the parts that make it up
