week 2 Flashcards
1
Q
clear covering to the eye
A
cornea
2
Q
point of highest visual acuity - what you want to see follows into that spot
A
fovea
3
Q
how does an eye work like a camera?
A
Light from the object in the environment passes through the cornea and iris and is refracted onto the retina at the back of the eye
4
Q
changing of a physical stimulus to neural energy
A
transduction
5
Q
what are the two places that transduction takes place
A
rods and cones
6
Q
very sensitive to light, but poor acuity
A
rods
7
Q
low sensitivity to light, but high acuity and have different types to respond to different colors of light
A
cones
8
Q
Patients with damage to occipital cortex
are blind (no reaction to light)
A
blindsight
9
Q
slightly different views of the world
projected onto each eye eg. fingers
A
binocular disparity
10
Q
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