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Intro to Sensation and Perception: Vision

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show process in which we detect physical energy from the environment and then encode it as neural signals (sensory receptors and nervous system receive and represent stimulus energies from our environment)  
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Perception   show
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Bottom-up processing   show
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Top-down processing   show
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Psychophysics   show
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Absolute threshold   show
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show below the absolute threshold for conscious awareness  
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Prime   show
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Difference Threshold   show
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Webers Law   show
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show diminished sensitivity as a consequence of constant stimulation  
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Wavelength   show
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show dimensions of color determined by wave length  
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Intensity   show
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Retina   show
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show the process of eyes lenses changes shape o focus near or far objects in the retina  
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show retinal receptors that detect black, white and gray; necessary for peripheral and twilight vision  
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Cones   show
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show nerve that carries neural impulses from eye to brain  
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show the pint that optic nerve leaves the eye, creating blind spot with no receptors  
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Fovea   show
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Feature Detectors   show
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show processing many aspects of a problem simultaneously, the brains neural mode of information processing for many functions, including vision  
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Young-Helmhotz trichromatic theory   show
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show theory that opposing retinal processes (red-green, yellow-blue, black-white) enable color vision.  
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