Psychology 2115A/B Lecture Notes - The Blind Spot, Retina, Psych

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2115A/B
• Professor: Prof

Document Summary

Diagram of the eye from textbook, side view of eye looking up. In the retina you find the sense organs- the rods and cones. They absorb the light and give work to the phenomenon of vision. In the center of the retina is the fovea- the most sensitive part (looking at things in great detail). When the info hits the rods and cones they send the info to the bipolar and ganglion cells, the bipolar and ganglion cells then converge together and leave the eye through the optic nerve. The blind spot- a little point on your eye where you will not get any sensation of vision because there are no rods and cones there to observe light. Cones: about 5 to 6 million cones in an eye. Largest concentration is in the middle (in the fovea), if you want your cones to be working that"s where you want to stimulate.