PSYCH 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Cornea, Retina, Absolute Threshold
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Psych 100 lecture 16 sensation and vision. Sense organs: sense organs: organs that receive stimuli (eyes, ears, nose, mouth, skin, sensory receptor cells: specialized cells within the sense organs that send neural impulses to the brain. Perception: sensation: information coming into your brain, perception: organizing and interpreting the information. Light is composed to waves that give us: hue: wavelength of light gives us color, brightness: intensity of light, saturation: complexity of light (gives us pure versus paler colors, human visual spectrum: roy g. biv. Parts of the eye: cornea: protective coating on the surface of the eye. Iris: the colored part of the eye that regulates the amount of light that enters: pupil: the opening of the iris. Lens: the transparent portion of the eye that focuses light onto the retina: retina: images fall here, sensory receptor cells are here.
