PSY 250 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Optic Chiasm, Neural Coding, Superior Colliculus

• School: Stony Brook University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 250
• Professor: Hoi- Chung Leung

Document Summary

Things are not what they seem; nor are they otherwise . Yes, the middle part that separates them makes them look 2 different shades. Our objective e is to understand how the brain sees the world around us. We will learn how neurons represent visual information, and how simple visual perception (such as perception of edge/contrast and color) works. Keep in mind: seeing: through the brain is quite different from the physical reality. Vision lecture outline: light, eye, retina, visual receptors, what is seeing, visual pathways and organization, visual neurons and their receptive fields, perception of edge and color, higher order visual processing & attention. Light is important for vision: human vision is limited: we can only see part of the electromagnetic spectrum: 380 -760 nm of wavelength. Rabbits, squirrels) - larger visual field, can see almost 360 degrees: what is the advantage of having both eyes in the front? (ex.