PSYC 2390 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Fusiform Face Area, Color Vision, Color Blindness
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Text readings from goldstein 9th edition (or soft cover 2nd custom version for university of guelph with 6 boxes and geometric patterns not the one with the brain). review pg 28 (macular degeneration), detached retina (pg. *all lectures from september 30-oct 21 (inclusive) including the ones on spatial. *same format as last time (30 mc, 1 short essay with two parts). *remember that you have worksheet 2 on courselink to serve as a study aid . October 16, 2014 spatial frequency in the striate cortex: background concepts (review) Spatial frequency; gratings (light and dark vertical bars: contrast (and how measured) Contrast = difference of brightness/ sum of brightness. Measure special frequency to the number of cycles/ degree visual angle: gratings, spatial frequency (and how measured) (property of stimulus) Measuring (quantifying) sensitivity to spatial frequency using contrast in adults. *we are not equally sensitive to all spatial frequencies (contrast sensitivity function) Contrast sensitivity function; measuring sensitivity to contrast.