Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Color Vision, Max Wertheimer, Oval Window

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Dr.Mike

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Lecture sixteen: the neurons near the oval window are firing rapidly, while other neurons on the basilar membrane are barely firing. According to von bekesy, this is interpreted by the indidivudal"s brain as: a high-pitched sound. The inhibition reduces frequency of firing making things appear dimmer. The line that they respond to has to be at a specific orientation: simple cell. Fires to a slit at a particular orientation on a specific retinal location. Ex. a vertical slit at a particular retinal address would hit" all on centers: retinal ganglion cells. 5 fire at the same time when the line is presented, as these 5 cells are wired into the simple cell generates the response to the simple cell: complex cell. Fire to moving slits at particular orientation: hypercomplex cell. Responds to a combination of stimulus features. Theories of colour vision: trichromatic, opponent process. General operation of taste, smell and touch. Need to distinguish the figure from the ground.