Week 9 - Sensation Flashcards
The correct order from the transmission of visual information is
Rods and cones; bipolar cells; ganglion cells; optic nerve
According to your textbook, why was it necessary for Stevens law to modify Fechners law?
Fechners law did not apply to all stimuli and senses
My niece is playing with finger paints, I notice that she creates new colours by sticking her fingers, which have paint on them, in other colours. I am witnessing…
Subtractive colour mixture
Sensation refers to the process by which…
Information is gathered by the senses
The phenomenological world is the world…
As it is subjectively experienced by an individual
Psychophysics is the study of
The relationship between the physical world and our experience
The doctrine of specific nerve energies states that
Sensations result from following specific nerve pathways
The two major processes occurring in the eye are
Focusing and transduction
The point where the optic nerve becomes the optic tract is the
Optic chiasm
The cochlea is the portion of the inner ear most involved in…
Primary transduction
The opponent-process theory argues that…
All colours are derived from three antagonistic colour systems: black-White: blue-yellow and red-green
The reason why ganglion cells are sensitive to edges is because the centre-surround areas exhibit
Lateral inhibition
The Range of light that can be seen by a normally sighted human is roughly?
400 - 700 nm
