PSY 100 Lecture Notes - Lateral Geniculate Nucleus, Retinal Ganglion Cell, Visual Cortex
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Open note (written or typed) and during class. Roughly equal mix of multiple choice and short answer questions. Sa - word bank, fill in the blank. Most heavily concentrated on concepts covered in class. Any slides in the slideshows (even if we didn"t get to it in class) Open office hours all friday (2/11) afternoon and monday (2/14) afternoon. Photoreceptor cells (cones & rods) are innermost layer of retina. The bipolar cells collect electrical signals from the rods and cones and transmit them to the retinal ganglion cells (rgcs) Rgcs organize the signals into the optic nerve, which exits the retina through a hole that causes a blind spot (absence of photoreceptor cells) Each optic nerve carries information from both left and right visual fields. Left visual field stimuli are sent to right hemisphere; right visual field to left hemisphere (contralateral control) Optic nerve to lateral geniculate nucleus (in thalamus) to primary visual cortex (area v1 of occipital lobe)
