Exam 5: Vision

 The opponent-process theory explains why Dania's dress still looks blue even after she dims the lights.

 An inability to recognize objects despite otherwise satisfactory vision is called ____.

 When Ileen sees something that looks like a face, she has had activation of her _____.

 In the back of each of Teresita's eyes, the axons of her ganglion cells all leave in one large bundle called the ______. As a result, this causes her to experience a _____.

 Visual information from the lateral geniculate area goes to the ____.

 Cells in the inferior temporal cortex that are sensitive to a particular shape are also likely to respond to the shape's ____.

 Describe the key functions of the major pathways in the visual cortex.

 Color and brightness constancy are best explained by the ____ theory of color vision.

 Night-active species are more likely than day-active species to have ____.

 Which theory of color vision is best able to explain negative color afterimages?

 Professor Utz is giving a talk about how the eye processes light. He tells the class that once the bipolar cells receive input from ______, they send the message on to ______.

 Once information is sent to the secondary visual cortex, it ____.

 In order to prevent as much incorrect development as possible, infants with cataracts need to have surgical repair ____.

 Noella is a makeup artist and is very good at using makeup to create fine details to create a visual effect (ex. making a person look older). As she works, her ______ cells help her to see the details.

 Professor Walker is lecturing about the law of specific nerve energies. She would not tell the class that _____.

 In order to be able to see things in her periphery, Pauline's _____ need to be activated.

 Once within the cerebral cortex, the magnocellular pathway continues, with a dorsal branch important for ____.

 The one additional feature that hypercomplex cells have that complex cells do not is that hypercomplex cells ____.

 Melba is one of the unique individuals that has 4 kinds of cones. What is not true about Melba?

 Once within the cerebral cortex, a mixed pathway of magnocellular and parvocellular cells is important for ____.