Exam 6: Sensation, Perception, and Adaptation

________ are prepackaged visual perceptual templates of stimuli that we are likely to encounter

Tactile stimulation following a brain injury results in ________.

Olfactory perception is influenced by cross-modal stimuli.

Which of the following occurs when light hits a rod cell?

________ of the lateral geniculate nucleus has been associated with color perception.

The minimum amount that a stimulus must change for a subject to detect a difference in the stimulus intensity is called the ________.

The conversion of physical energy into neural energy is called transduction.

The detection of light by rhodopsin leads to the ___________.

________ respond to tissue damage.

The retina and LGN contain cells with a ___________ receptive fields.

Measuring a person's perceptions in response to a changing sensory stimulus is the basis of ________.

The first photoreceptors are thought to have evolved in ______________.

The pupil and iris of the eye are covered by a transparent surface known as the ______________.

Sensory receptors and their corresponding receptive cortical areas ________ to changing modes of presentation.

When light activates the photopigment in a rod cell _________________.

Tactile information travels via the ________ pathway.

According to Ewald Hering, what happens when "yellow" photoreceptors become fatigued?

What have somatotopic maps revealed about the somatosensory cortex of the rat?

The biologically significant odor of a pheromone released by a potential mate is processed by the ________

The McGurk effect describes how __________.