PSYA01H3 Lecture Notes - Vitreous Body, Corrective Lens, Sensory System
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Slide 28: technique to measure the memory system. A memory testing technique can refer to slide. 24, but you occupy them for a short while after looking at the words, and then testing them on what they remember on those cards. Slide 29: for us humans, vision is one of the most reliable sensory system. However, for other animals other sensory systems are a priority (ex. Vision helps see from a large distance, which allowed us to function well as physically inferior beings (as in, we can attack from a distance using spears against more powerful animals). Slide 30: the world that we perceive is not all that there is. We only see a part of the light spectrum. Slide 31: light enters the eyeball and into the retina, and the light is translated into neurosignals. The pupil is surrounded by the iris, with a lens behind. When bright, the pupil shrinks, but dilates when it gets darker.
