Unit 4 Video
Signal detection theory
a model for predicting how and when a person will detect weak stimuli, partly based on context
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Bipolar cells
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Cornea
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Fovea
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Ganglion Cells
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Iris
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Lens
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Occipital Lobe
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Optic Nerve
What condition does Oliver Sacks have?
Prosopagnosia - a neurological disorder that impairs a persons ability to percieve or recognize faces, also known as face blindness
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Pupil
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Retina
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Rods and Cones
Absolute Threshold of Sensation
The minimum simulation needed to register a particular stimulus fifty percent of the time
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Thalamus
Sensation
The bottom up process by which our senses, like vision, hearing, and smell, recieve and relay outside stimuli
What does amplitude tell us about color and sounds?
The intensity of it
Perception
The top down way our brains organize and interpret information and put it into context
Difference Threshold/ Weber's Law
We percieve differences on a logarithmic, not a linear scale
Sensory adaption
When experiencing constant stimulation, your senses will adjust