01:830:101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Vitreous Body, Color Vision, Retina

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: 01:830:101
• Professor: Dr.Bonnie Nolan

Document Summary

Chapter 4: sensation (p102): is the conversion of energy from the environment into a pattern of response by the nervous system, the detection of stimuli. It is the registration of information: perception (p102): is the interpretation of that information. e. g. your experience of recognizing your roommate is a perception, the structure of the eye (p104): Pupil: an adjustable opening that widens and narrows to control the amount of light entering the eye. Iris: the colored structure on the surface of the eye surrounding the pupil. Vitreous humor: light passing through the pupil travels through the. Vitreous humor (a clear jellylike substance) to strike the retina, a layer of visual receptors covering the back surface of the eyeball. The cornea and the lens focus the light on the retina. Cornea: a rigid transparent structure on the surface of the eyeball, always focuses light in the same way. Lens: a flexible structure that varies its thickness, enables the eye to accommodate.