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Created by Litzi Morales
almost 2 years ago
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Question | Answer |
ipRGC's use a pigment called _________ which functions similarly to other photopigments | Melanopsin |
Stages 3+4 feature ________ activity | delta wave |
Individuals with an untreated major depressive disorder often have a disproportionate amount of _______ likely due to reduced serotonergic activity | REM sleep |
Thalamus and hypothalamus primarily use _______ and are ________, which is why sleep | histamines; antagonist |
There are two psychological processes that most experts can agree are crucial to conscious experience, _________ and _________ | sensation and perception |
combining all sensory information from our environment to provide meaning | bottom-up processing |
visible light is a form of ___________. | electromagnetic radiation |
the osscilations in electrical and magnetic energy occur because of _________. | photons |
after light passes through the cornea it enters the ______ | pupil |
the pupil itself is controlled by the _____. | iris |
behind the lens is the largest chamber of the eye _______, filled with a jelly-like substance called the ________ | vitreous chamber; vitreous humor |
Rhodopsin, a photopigment specific to rods has two components: _______ and ______. | opsin and retinal |
Rods photoreceptors are more depolarized than regular neurons because of a phenomenon known as ________. | dark current |
Rods photoreceptors are depolarized in _________ and hyperpolarized in _______. | darkness; light |
because neurons fire action potentials after depolarization, light is actually limiting the activity of _______ | rods photoreceptors |
The competition between the center and surrounding fields photoreceptors is called ________. | lateral inhibition |
_________ suggests we process color using three separate photopigments. blue, green, and red | Trichromatic color theory |
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