PSYC 1010 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Retina, Railways Act 1921, Saccade

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Myriam Mongrain

Document Summary

What is happening at the level of sense receptors. Sense receptors-responsible of how physical energy is transformed into neural impulses. They are equipped to trigger a response in the brain. E. light=wavelengths->hit retina->transformed into sight by the brain. Perception-the selection, organization and interpretation of sensory input. >elaboration, transformation, interpretation of what is registered by the senses. 1. they channel light to the neural tissues that receives it called the retina. Light enters the eye through a transparent window at the front-the cornea. >the cornea and the lens form an upside down image of the objects on the retina. The lens is the transparent eye structure that focuses the light rays falling on the retina. >made up of soft tissue and is capable of adjustments that facilitates a processes called accommodation-occurs when the curvature of the lens adjusts to alter visual focus.