PSYC 2800 Chapter 9: Chapter 9 summarry.docx

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2800
• Professor: Amanda Helleman

Document Summary

Primary visual cortex (v1):striate cortex that receives input from the lateral geniculate nucleus. Perception: subjective interpretation of sensations by the brain. Optic flow: streaming of visual stimuli that accompanies an observers forward movement through space. Opponent processing theory: explanation of color vision that emphasizes the importance of the opposition of pairs of colors: red vs. green and blue vs. yellow. Ocular dominance column: functional column in the visual cortex maximally responsive to information coming from one eye. Extra striate (secondary visual) cortex: visual cortical areas outside the striate cortex. Auditory flow: change in sound heard as a person moves past a sound source or as a sound source moves past a person. Dichromatic theory: explanation of color vision based on the coding of three primary colors: red, green, and blue. Sensation: registration of physical stimuli from the environment by the sensory organs.