PSY 2501 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Receptive Field, Color Vision, Ganglion
12 Mar 2016
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Lateral inhibiion: the phenomenon by which interconnected neurons inhibit their neighbor, producing contrast at the edges of regions. Visual field: the whole area that you can see without moving your head or eyes. Photoreceptors: neural cells in the reina that respond to light. Wavelength: the distance between two adjacent crests of vibratory acivity. Cornea: the transparent outer layer of the eye, whose curvature is ixed. It bends light rays and is primarily responsible for forming the image on the reina. Lens: a structure in the eye that helps focus an image on the reina. Refracion: the bending of light rays by a change in the density of a medium, such as the cornea and the lens of the eyes. Ciliary muscle: one of the muscle that controls the shape of the lens inside the eye, focusing an image on the reina.
