Eyes
A condition in which one of the three types of cones is missing from the human eye
What is colorblindness?
The brain's interpretation of raw sensory input, aided by previous experience
What is perception?
Sensory memories only make it into short-term memory if this is present
What is attention?
Patient H.M. was able to demonstrate this type of memory by improving on the star-tracing task despite having no conscious memory of previously completing it
What is implicit memory OR procedural memory?
The theory that we perceive color in terms of three pairs of opposite colors
What is opponent process theory?
Linear perspective is an example of this type of depth cue
What is a monocular depth cue?
This type of sensory memory briefly holds auditory information and is evidenced by the cocktail party effect
What is echoic memory?
The inability to encode new explicit memories is a characteristics of this type of amnesia
What is anterograde amnesia?
The location on the retina where ganglion cell form the optic nerve, leaving no room for rods or cones
What is the blind spot?
A binocular depth cue based on your brain’s integration of the two slightly different views seen by each eye
What is binocular disparity?
This type of sensory memory briefly holds visual information, but can be affected by inattentional blindness
What is iconic memory?
The memory process that involves bringing previously learned information back into conscious attention
What is retrieval?
This type of photoreceptor works best in dim light
What are rods?
A Gestalt principle of grouping
What is proximity, closure, similarity, continuation, symmetry, figure-ground, OR common within?
Sperling's 1960 experiment demonstrated these two key characteristics of sensory memory
What has a short duration and a large capacity?
The "lost-in-the-mall" experiment demonstrated this about the fallibility of memory
What is the capacity to develop false memories?
An eye condition that results from light being focused too far in front of the retina
What is myopic (nearsighted) vision?
This theory states that we detect different aspects of an object all at once and then integrate the separate features one at a time to recognize the object
What is feature integration theory?
This occurs when learning new information interferes with recall of previously learned information
What is retroactive interference?
Someone who experiences a loss of past episodic memories while retaining their normal semantic memories is experiencing this type of amnesia
What is retrograde amnesia?