vision

Which statement characterizes the fovea?

. It has the greatest perception of detail.

In comparison to cones, rods ____.

are more sensitive to dim light

The name of the point at which the optic nerve leaves the retina is called the ____.

blind spot

Damage to the dorsal stream may interfere with ____.

describing what is seen

The visual path in the parietal cortex is referred to as the ____.

dorsal stream

The law of specific nerve energies states that ____.

every stimulation of the optic nerve is perceived as light

____ cells axons make up the optic nerve.

ganglion

The optic nerve is composed of axons from which kind of cell?

ganglion cells

Branches of the optic nerve go directly to what areas of the brain?

hypothalamus and superior colliculus

Which structure has the largest receptive fields and the greatest preferential sensitivity to highly complex visual patterns, such as faces?

inferior temporal cortex

The optic nerves from the right and left eye initially meet at the ____.

optic chiasm

Chemicals that release a signal when struck by light are called ____.

photopigments

Visual information from the lateral geniculate area goes to the ____.

primary visual cortex

Light enters the eye through an opening in the center of the iris called the ____.

pupil

In what order does visual information pass through the retina?

receptor cells, bipolar cells, ganglion cells

In comparison to the rods, cones are more ____.

sensitive to detail

The primary visual cortex is also known as the ____.

striate cortex

The lateral geniculate nucleus is part of the ____.

thalamus

Damage to the ventral stream may interfere with ____.

the ability to describe the shape or size of an object

Rods are to ____ as cones are to ____.

the periphery; the fovea

The primary visual cortex sends its information ____.

to area V2

Where does the optic nerve send most of its information?

to the lateral geniculate nucleus

The visual paths in the temporal cortex collectively are referred to as the ____.

ventral stream

According to the law of specific nerve energies, the brain tells the difference between one sensory modality and another by ____.

which neurons are active

In addition to having difficulty recognizing faces, people with prosopagnosia may have difficulty____.

recognizing emotionally important objects

Someone with prosopagnosia has difficulty with ____.

recognizing faces