Sensation
Process by which signals are transmitted from sensory organs to the brain
Transduction
Part of the eye where the photoreceptor cells are located:
Retina
Theory that held the experience that comes from organizing bits and pieces of information into meaningful wholes
What is Gestalt
balance is regulated by which system
What is the vestibular system
Objectively, who would win in a fight based off of the technology of the era, a pirate or a viking
A pirate. Why? Gunpowder/cannons.
Cones/Rods
When there is a familiar object or shape that has missing parts we fill in the spaces
What is closure
the sense of movement and body position
What is kinesthesis
DAILY DOUBLE: Describe the events of any of the following:
The Battle of Red Cliffs
The Battle of Sekigahara
The Battle of the Milvian Bridge
The Battle of Tours
The Battle of Alesia
The Battle of Cape Ecnomus
The Battle of Agincourt
The Siege of Constantinople 1453
The Battle of Marathon
The Battle of Rourke's Drift
The Battle of Shiroyama
Answers will vary, +200 per correct answer.
Must name at least (one) of the belligerents and the outcome of the battle.
Theory that postulates that clusters of neurons work together to produce color rather than RGB photoreceptors
Opponent-Process Theory
Tendency to assign faces/human qualities to ambiguous objects
Pareidolia
Names of the sense of smell and taste respectively
Olfaction and gustation
Name 3 Roman Emperors
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The requisite amount of a new stimuli required to overpower another stimuli references:
Difference threshold
Two parts of the brain where vision is processed
Occipital Lobe/Cerebellum
Would linear perspective be perceived by monocular cues or binocular cues?
Monocular, only one object/focus is being shown.
Describe in full detail the transduction of sound
What is 1)the outer ear receives the sound 2) earflap directs sound down the auditory canal 3)Vibrations occur in the canal and vibrate the eardrum 4)middle ear is filled with 3 tiny bones which vibrate and push against the cochlea- this bony tube contains fluids and neurons. 5)Pressure causes the liquid to move hairs that are attached to sensory cells that pick up the motion and turn into neuronal impulses. 6)The auditory nerve caries impulses to the brain (temporal lobe)
Name at least 3 battles that took place before 1453
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Neurological condition where pathways for neural connections between senses are connected:
Synesthesia
When visual stimuli is presented for a brief time than abruptly removed it creates...
Afterimages
Depth perception skill that allows us to perceive roughness/coarseness
Texture Gradient
Describe in full detail the transduction of light into vision
What is 1)light enters the eye through the pupil and reaches the lens 2)the lens focuses the light on the retina 3) the retina contains the receptors, rods and cones, which turn the light energy into neuronal impulses 4) these impulses travel over the optic nerve to the brain where it is routed to the occipital lobe
Name at least 2 types of medieval siege weapons
Catapults/Trebuchests/Cannons (Late Medieval)/Sappers