PSYC 225 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Mach Bands, Temporal Lobe, Neuroplasticity
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Name: shalier xia: complete the chart below. You can use your book, the powerpoints, or this website (http://isle. hanover. edu/ch03eye/ch03corrections. html) to help you. Scattered light; therefore, more than one focal point on retina. Laser eye surgery to cut out cloudy lens and replace with an artificial lens. Hint: 1 reason is in the retina and the other is in the brain: when looking directly at something the light hits the fovea. There is no neural convergence in the fovea therefore there is a higher acuity, thus we see the object more clearly. In the brain, there are cortical cells that are associated with visual receptive fields and there are three types of cells that focus on specific aspects of orientation, direction, and/or size. This allows the brain to be able to recognize objects better via these cortical cells. Some aspects of visual perception are acquired rather than innate: give an example of brain plasticity that the black and white spotted cat displayed.
