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| Bringing info from outside into the body and brain |
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| selecting, organization, and interpreting info |
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| studies relationship between physical stimuli and subjective perception |
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| minimal amount of energy that can produce a sensation 50% of time |
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| amount of energy needed for a change to be noticed (just noticeable difference) |
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| Sensitization and Desensitization |
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| You are more sensitive to a stimulus because of the absence of that stimulus (light after dark) |
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| You are less sensitive to a stimulus because of the abundance of that stimulus (getting used to a smell) |
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| respond to angles, lines, movements |
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| controls amount of light entering the pupil |
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| refracts light to focus it on retina |
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| lets you see, where vision happens |
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| black and white vision, lights and darks |
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| area home to 99% of cones |
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| communicate between rods and cones and ganglion cells |
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| converge to form optic nerve |
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| carries signals from eye to brain |
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| we only see combos of red, green, and blue |
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| a process of excitatory and inhibitory responses, with the two components of each mechanism opposing each other |
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