PSYCH261 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6.2 and 6.3: Complementary Colors, Receptive Field, Color Vision

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH261
• Professor: Christopher Lee

Document Summary

Psych 261 textbook chapter 6. 2 and 6. 3 reading summary. Pages 174 180 and pages 180 186. Receptive field: that portion of the visual field in which the presentation of visual stimuli will produce an alteration in the firing rate of a particular neuron. Protanopia (pro tan owe pee a: an inherited form of defective color vision in which red and green hues are confused; (cid:862)red(cid:863) (cid:272)ones are filled (cid:449)ith (cid:862)green(cid:863) (cid:272)one opsin. Deuteranopia (dew ter an owe pee a: an inherited form of defective color vision in which red and green hues are confused; (cid:862)green(cid:863) (cid:272)ones are filled (cid:449)ith (cid:862)red(cid:863) (cid:272)one opsin. Tritanopia (try tan owe pee a: an inherited form of defective color vision in which hues with short wavelengths are confused; (cid:862)(cid:271)lue(cid:863) (cid:272)ones are either la(cid:272)king or faulty. Negative afterimage: the image seen after a portion of the retina is exposed to an intense visual stimulus; consists of colors complementary to those of the physical stimulus.