PSY-230 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Substantia Nigra, Retina, Cerebral Cortex
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You will see between 5 and 7 of these questions on exam 2. And vice versa: draw slides on vision (vision, describe the cell layers in the retina (from photoreceptors to ganglion cells). Also give the function for each of the cell types: when light comes into the eye and hits the retina, there are several layers it must pass before hitting the rods and the cones cell type function. Any process by which a cell converts one kind of signal/stimulus with another: lateral inhibition. When an excited neuron reduces the activity of its neighbors: draw slides on cell layers in the retina (vision, describe the process of photoreceptor transduction in a rod. Be sure to include information about complete saturation of rods when exposed to too much light: there are rods and cones all throughout the retina. Rods are usually on when they are not active.
