week 2 - perception, the eye and brain

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UNIVERSITY (COGNITIVE) FlashCards sobre week 2 - perception, the eye and brain, criado por Aamna Khan em 06-02-2019.
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eye-camera analogy images are projected into retinas upside down and mirrored
cornea where the light enters the eye first and most powerful lens in the eye's optical system
aqueous homur refraction - causes light to bend
lens is adjustable allows us to focus on something nearby or far away
emmetropic eye emmetropia - the power of the eye's optical system matches its length (perfect distance vision)
myopic eye myopia - the power of the eye's optical system is greater than is required to focus on the light on the retina and consequently the focal point is in the front of the retina (short sightedness)
hypermetropic eye hypermetropia - the power of the eye's optical system is insufficient to bring the light to a focus on the retina (long sightedness)
iris coloured part of eye controls how much light enters the eye
pupil aperture of eye responds to levels of light
photoreceptors rods black and white can operate in low light have HIGH SENSITIVITY have LOW RESOLUTION
photoreceptors cones colour: red, green and blue need high levels of light to function have LOW SENSITIVITY have HIGH RESOLUTION
eye / camera eye: camera: cornea and lens lens pupil aperture rods and cones black and white film
the eye IS NOT like a camera vision is active, cameras are passive observers illusions, brain interprets visual stimulus different functions
retina is NOT like a camera film we have sharp vision and at the fovea and blurry vision in the periphery we also have a blind spot at our optic disk
why we don't notice the blindspot we have two eyes brain fills in the gaps we are not good at seeing stationary objects
sensation and perception sensation - stimulation of sense organs eye = visual (sight) ear = auditory sense (sound) tongue = gustatory (taste) nose = olfactory sense (smell) skin = cutaneous sense (touch)
additional senses kinaesthetic = movement vestibular = inner ear, balance organic sense = internal organs
sensations a physical feeling or perception resulting from contact on the body linked to sensory receptors
perception an interpretation of sensations influenced by experience
synaesthesia the neurological condition in which two or more senses are coupled eg seeing letters and numbers as colours

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