Sensation
Transduction
What is "the process in which physical energy converts into neural energy"?
Bottom-up processing
What is "building up to perceptual experience from individual pieces"?
Retina
What is "cell layer in the back of the eye containing photoreceptors"?
Binocular Vision
What is "our ability to perceive 3D and depth because of the difference between the images on each of our retinas"?
Pinna
What is "outermost portion of the ear"?
Absolute Threshold
What is "the smallest amount of stimulation needed for detection by a sense"?
Top-down processing
What is "experience influencing the perception of stimuli"?
Rods
What is "photoreceptors of the retina sensitive to low levels of light - located around the fovea"?
Binocular disparity
What is "differences in images processed by the left and right eyes"?
Tympanic Membrane
What is "thin, stretched membrane in the middle ear that vibrates in response to sound - also called the eardrum"?
Differential Threshold
What is "the smallest difference needed in order to differentiate two stimuli"?
Perceptual Set
What is "mental predisposition to perceive one thing rather than another"?
Cones
What is "photoreceptors of the retina sensitive to color - located primarily in the fovea"?
Dark Adaptation
What is "adjustment of the eye to low levels of light"?
Ossicles
What is "collection of three small bones (hammer, anvil, and stirrup) in the middle ear that vibrate against the tympanic membrane"?
Weber's Law
What is "States that the just noticeable difference is proportional to the magnitude of the initial stimulus"?
Multimodal perception
What is "the effects that concurrent stimulation in more than one sensory modality has on the perception of events and objects in the world"?
Optic Nerve
What is "transmits electrical impulses from your eyes to your brain - made up of millions of nerve fibers"?
Light Adaptation
What is "adjustment of the eye to high levels of light"?
Cochlea
What is "spiral bone structure in the inner ear containing auditory hair cells"?
Nociception
What is "the ability to sense pain"?
Phantom limb
What is "the perception that a missing limb still exists"?
Blind Spot
What is "spot in the retina where the optic nerve connects and there are no receptor cells for vision"?
Sensory Adaptation
What is "decrease in sensitivity of a receptor to a stimulus after constant stimulation"?
Auditory hair cells
What is "Receptors in the cochlea that transduce sound into electrical potentials"?