PSYC 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Subjective Constancy, Neural Adaptation, Sensory Neuron
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Habituation- the brain stops attending to constant stimulation. Gamma ray- shorter wavelength, higher frequency, higher energy. Height of wave length= amplitude: brightness=strength, hue, saturation. Feature detectors- only detects one thing at a time. Parallel processing- things getting processed at the same time, so we see one big picture. Dark adaptation- recovering the ability to see when going from a brightly lit state to a dark state. Light adaptation- recovering the ability to see when going from a dimly lit to well lit state. We have red, blue, and green cones (primary colors) Color is determined by: combination of cones firing, rate at which they fire. Says there are 4 primary cones, not three. Monochrome color blindness- (wizard of oz) brown and grays. Dichromatic color blindness- one set of cones is deficient (can see some colors) Figure- ground relationships- we tend to perceive objects as on a background. Depth perception- ability to see the world in 3d.
