PSY 1101 Study Guide - Cochlea, Thalamus, Deaf Culture
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Once we"re exposed to unchanging stimulus it starts firing less, notice less. Value: is its for survival because our intentional resources are very limited. If stimulus is unchanging its unsafe to pay attention to it cuz if we don"t we"ll ignore important stimuli. All of our senses can do sensory adaption. There must be physical stimulus before we can for vision is light. Number of white lights have different wave lengths; we can only detect 400-700 nm. Wavelengths (distance btwn peaks) hue (colour) created by brain, First structure to go through the cornea (tough, transparent tissue, in front of the eye, protect eye, focuses light) Aqueous humour (chamber filled with fluids, provides eye with nutrition and oxygen. Pupil iris (muscles in eye that gives them colour, either dialate or contract causing more or less light into eye. Lens (accommodation) elastic structure, disk shaped, changes shape to help focus eye. Vitreous humour fluid, help the eye keep its shape,
