PSYB45H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: The Blind Spot, Macular Degeneration, Peripheral Vision
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From sensation to perception: the process of sensation is the actual taking in of energy/information from the environment, ex. Sound = pressure waves in the ear: transduction: turning information into a neural signal, the process of perception is interpreting/processing sensory information, ex. Sound = temporal lobe: sensation happens in sensory organs and perception happens in the brain. Also, the brain would have to be able to integrate information more simply: blind spots are corrected by the opposite eyes. What the left eye doesn"t see the right one does and vice versa. They consolidate information by using one cell to represent information in multiple cells. A battery is placed underneath the skin and a cord runs up the neck and connects to the cable that runs into your eye. Left thalamus & occipital lobe = processes the right part of vision. Blind spots caused by brain injury: the occipital cortex/primary visual cortex is mapped retinitopically.
