Chapter 5 quiz vocabulary
Sensation
The process of detecting environmental stimuli or stimuli arising from the body.
The process of interpreting sensory information.
The transition of incoming sensory information into neural signals.
Perception
The process of detecting environmental stimuli or stimuli arising from the body.
The process of interpreting sensory information.
The transition of incoming sensory information into neural signals.
Transduction
The transition of incoming sensory information into neural signals.
The process of interpreting sensory information
The process of detecting environmental stimuli or stimuli arising from the body.
Sensory adaption
The tendency to pay less attention to a non changing source of stimulation
Perception based on building simple input into more complex perceptions.
A perceptual process in which memory and other cognitive processes are required for interpreting incoming sensory information
Bottom up processing
A perceptual process in which memory and other cognitive processes are required for interpreting incoming sensory information
The tendency to pay less attention to a non changing source of stimulation
Perception based on building simple input into more complex perceptions.
Top-down processing
A perceptual process in which memory and other cognitive processes are required for interpreting incoming sensory information
The tendency to pay less attention to a non changing source of stimulation
Perception based on building simple input into more complex perceptions.
Vision
The sense that allows us to process reflected light
The ability to process incoming light as quantitative sensory data
Specialized receptors made up of rods and cones that allow us to process reflected light
Cornea
The clear film located at the front of the retina
The clear surface at the front of the eye that begins the process of directing light to the retina
An opening formed by the iris
Pupil
The brightly colored circular muscle surrounding the pupil of the eye
The black window into your heartless soul.. You deviant waffle
An opening formed by the iris
Iris
The brightly colored muscle surrounding the pupil of the eye
The clear structure behind the pupil that bends light toward the retina
Layers of visual processing cells in the back of the eye.
Lens
The clear structure behind the pupil that bends light toward the retina
Layers of visual processing cells in the back of the eye.
The brightly colored muscle surrounding the pupil of the eye
Retina
The brightly colored muscle surrounding the pupil of the eye
Layers of visual processing cells in the back of the eye.
The clear structure behind the pupil that bends light toward the retina
Fovea
An area of the retina that is specialized for highly detailed vision
A photo receptor specialized to detect dim light
A photo receptor specialized process color and fine detail
Rod
An area of the retina that is specialized for highly detailed vision
A photo receptor specialized to detect dim light
A photo receptor in the retina that processes color and fine detail
Cone
An area of the retina that is specialized for highly detailed vision
A photo receptor in the retina that processes color and fine detail
A device used to direct traffic
Optic nerve
The nerve exiting the retina of the eye
Nerve pathways traveling from the optic chiasm to the thalamus, hypothalamus and midbrain
" this is optically nerve racking"
Trichomatic theory
A theory of color and vision based on the excistance of different types of cones for the detection of short medium and long wavelengths
The nerve exiting the retina of the eye
A theory of color vision that suggests that we have a red green color channel and a blue yellow color channel in which activation of one color in each pair inhibits the other color.
Opponent process theory
A theory of color vision that suggests that we have a red green color channel and a blue yellow color channel in which activation of one color in each pair inhibits the other color.
He nerve exiting the retina of the eye
A theory of color and vision based on the excistance of different types of cones for the detection of short medium and long wavelengths
Depth perception
The ability to use the two-dimensional image projected on the retina to perceive three dimensions.
A depth cue that requires the use of only one eye.
Monocular cue
The ability to use the two-dimensional image projected on the retina to perceive three dimensions.
A depth cue that requires the use of only one eye
Binocular cue
A depth cue that requires the use of only one eye
A depth cue that requires the use of both eyes.
Cornea
Bends light toward the retina
Forms on opening in the iris
Pupil
Forms on opening in the iris
Focuses light onto the retina
Lens
Focuses light onto the retina
Contains rods,cones,and other visual neurons in its layer of cells.
Retina
Contains rods,cones,and other visual neurons in its layer of cells.
Processes detailed vision
Fovea( the area of the retina)
Processes detailed vision
Acts as the target for most axons forming the optic tracts.
Thalamus
Acts as the target for most axons forming the optic tracts.
Recieves visual input from the thalamus and performs initial analysis of input
Primary visual cortex(area in the occipital lobe)
Acts as the target for most axons forming the optic tracts.
Recieves visual input from the thalamus and performs initial analysis of input
Cochlea
The structure in the inner ear that contains auditory receptors.
Membrane in the cochlea on which the organ of Corti is located.
Basilar membrane
Membrane in the cochlea on which the organ of Corti is located.
A structure located on the basilar membrane that contains auditory receptors.
Organ of Corti
A structure located on the basilar membrane that contains auditory receptors.
Nerve carrying sound information from the cochlea to the brain.
Auditory nerve
Nerve carrying sound information from the cochlea to the brain.
Nerve carrying taste information from the cochlea to the brain.
Somatosensation
The body senses, including body position, touch, skin, temperature, and pain.
The system in the inner ear that provides information about body position and movement.
Vestibular system
The body senses, including body position, touch, skin, temperature, and pain.
The system in the inner ear that provides information about body position and movement.
The Gate Theory- The theory that suggests that input from touch fibers competes with input from pain receptors, possibly preventing pain messages from reaching the braining.
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Olfaction
The sense of smell
The sense of taste
Gustation
The sense of smell
The sense of taste
Olfactory nerve
A nerve carrying olfactory information from the olfactory receptors to the olfactory bulbs.
One of two structures below the frontal lobes of the brain that recieve input from the olfactory receptors in the nose.
Olfactory bulb
A nerve carrying olfactory information from the olfactory receptors to the olfactory bulbs.
One of two structures below the frontal lobes of the brain that recieve input from the olfactory receptors in the nose.
Small bumps on the tongue that contain taste buds.
Papillae
Taste buds
A structure found in papillae that contains taste receptor cells.
Papillae
Taste buds
Collects sound and identifies its location as coming from above or below the head.
Pinna
Primary auditory cortex(area in the temporal lobe)
Begins the process of transduction of sound waves to neural signals when movement occurs.
Pinna
Tympanic membrane
Contains auditory receptors
Cochlea
Primary auditory cortex(area in the temporal lobe)
Recieves auditory input from the brainstem and connects to the primary auditory cortex.
Thalamus
Primary auditory cortex(area in the temporal lobe)
Recieves and performs an initial analysis of auditory input from the thalamus.
Primary auditory cortex(area in the temporal lobe)
Cochlea
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