Psychology 2115A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Dominant Wavelength, Blood Orange, Roygbiv

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2115A/B
• Professor: Stephen Lupker

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!1: the early part of the curve shows what cones are doing- they adapt quickly and shallowly. driving your ability to recognize light until about 10 min, then cannot adapt anymore. In the daylight, cones like longer wavelengths and in the red end of the spectrum. As daylight goes away and the cones become less able to respond, the rods take over, it prefers lower wavelengths, such as greens. Claimed that what he did was he took a rabbit, put it in the dark, then quickly exposed it to a light pattern. If the purple stuff is the adaption and non adaption, then it should x itself into the retina. He killed the rabbit to try and check it out. Turns out, it didn"t actually work out this way: bleaching is slow and falls behind. Other determinant of brightness besides intensity is duration for a limited range ( ashes)