What it called when an object is blurry further away because another object is blocking part of it?
Interposition
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What chemicals communicate information to other organisms?
Pheromones
100
What does REM stand for?
Rapid Eye Movement.
100
What is the difference between monocular and binocular?
Monocular is vision from one eye, while binocular is vision from both eyes.
100
What is the outer layer of our skin known as?
Epidermis.
200
What is stereoscopic vision?
Combination of both retinal images that create 3D images.
200
The term that refers to the unit measurement for loudness of sound?
Decible
200
What are the 4 perceptual constancies?
Proximity, continuity, similarity, closure.
200
What are the six types of taste?
Sweet, sour, bitter, umami, calcium, salty.
200
What is texture gradient? (Example)
Monocular cue of distance and depth based on the fact that objects that are farther away appear to be smoother and less textured. ( Field of flowers)
300
What is a circadian rhythm?
Regular biological rhythm within a 24hr person cycle.
300
What is flavour?
The mixture of taste and smell
300
What is timbre?
The texture or quality of a sound.
300
What contains fluids that vibrate and cause our basilar membrane to vibrate?
The cochlea.
300
What does amplitude refer to?
The magnitude of a wave.
400
What is the lining of the eye that contain receptor cells that are sensitive to light?
Retina
400
Explain how info is sent from the eyes to the brain
Info from left half of both eyes is sent to the right hemisphere of the brain, while info from the right half of both eyes is sent to the left hemisphere of the brain.
400
What is dark adaptation? And how is it done?
Increased sensitivity of the rods and cones in darkness
400
What are ganglion cells?
Neurons connecting te bipolar cells in the eye to the brain.
400
Which receptor cells in the eyes are responsible for colour vision?
Cones.
500
What lobe does our vision information end up in?
Occipital lobe.
500
The coloured part of the eye is?
The iris.
500
Where are the two blind spots in our eyes located?
In the optic nerve and in the fovea at night.
500
What is the area of the retina that has a high concentration or cone receptor cells?