01:830:101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Optic Chiasm, Optic Nerve, Color Vision

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: 01:830:101
• Professor: Dr.John Ackroff

Document Summary

Chapter 05 - sensation, psychology, by david g. myers, 6th edition textbook. Sensation -experience of sensory stimulation, the activation or our senses. Perception -process of creating meaningful patterns from raw sensory information. Vision is the dominant sense in human beings. Sighted people use vision to gather information about their environment more than any other sense. Cornea -the transparent protective coating over the front part of the eye. Pupil -small opening in the iris through which light enters the eye. Lens -transparent part of the eye inside the pupil that focuses light onto the retina. Retina -lining of the eye containing receptor cells that are sensitive to light. Transduction process by which sensory signals are transformed into neural impulses. Receptor cell -specialized cell that responds to a particular type of energy. Rods -receptor cells in the retina responsible for night vision and perception of brightness. Cones -receptor cells in the retina responsible for color vision.