PSYC 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Electromagnetic Spectrum, Saccade, Neural Adaptation

• School: Emory University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 110
• Professor: Andrew Kazama

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Point to the area of the ear that is responsible for balance. Point to the area of the cochlea that senses high frequency sounds. General sensory process: physical stimulus (light) physiological response (receptors detect light) sensory experience (sight, visual system is always backwards to what you"d think it would be. Periphery vision is all black and white. Why people say carrots help night vision (not sure. Color vision: three cones if true: red receptors peak around orange, while green and blue peak where you"d expect, fire with other colors in different combinations to give us objective experience of color. The amazing eye: mantis shrimp, 12 color-receptive cones, +4 uv-receptive cones, can covertly signal to each other for mating, improves image clarity in the water, polarized vision cuts glare, non-human animal vision, some primates: Opponent-process theory: eyes sensitize to one color, explains the color afterimages that occurs after the initial stimulus is.