Vision
This is the term for the two types of light receptors in the eye.
Rods and Cones
This is the process by which a sensory stimulus is converted into a neural impulse.
Transduction
Robert's ability to smell a slight skunk odor minutes before his wife means he has a lower one of these.
Absolute Threshold
This part of the inner ear contains the hair cells and is important for hearing.
Basilar Membrane - Cochlea
This is the Gestalt principle where we are more likely to perceive smoothly flowing lines rather than choppy or jagged ones
Continuation
These cells transmit signals from the rods and cones to the ganglion cells.
Bipolar Cells
This is the sense of smell, technical term.
Olfactory system
After feeling the cold water of a pool, no longer feeling cold illustrates this phenomenon.
Sensory Adaptation
This is the frequency range that humans can typically hear.
20-20,000 Hz
This is the term for the process by which we recognize, interpret, and organize our sensations.
Perception
What is another name for the optic disc?
The blind spot
This theory predicts when and how we detect a faint stimulus amid background noise
Signal Detection Theory
What is the difference threshold?
This is the part of the ear that has tiny bones that concentrate vibrations from the eardrum.
Middle Ear
This type of processing, used to fill in the blanks of "Ps_ch_lo_y," relies on knowledge and context
Top-down processing
This is the part of the visual field that has no photoreceptors and cannot detect images, also known as the blind spot.
Optic Disc
This theory proposes that there are three sets of opponent retinal processes: red-green, blue-yellow, and white-black.
Hering's Opponent-Process Theory
Our nerve cells firing less frequently after constant exposure to a stimulus can be explained by this concept.
Sensory Adaptation
This taste is described as meaty, savory deliciousness that deepens flavor.
Umami
The illusion where two arrows are perceived as different lengths is named this
Müller-Lyer illusion
The Young-Helmholtz theory attempts to explain this type of perception.
Color Perception
Explain how we use our vision to make sense of the world. NEED TECHNICAL TERMS
Varies
What is Weber's Law?
the amount of change needed to be noticed is proportional to the original intensity, meaning you need a bigger change to notice a difference in a more intense stimulus.
What is the feeling in terms of taste that we discussed in class?
Astringent
What is Binocular
Using two eyes to make sense of the 3D world.