Exam 6: Vision

Light from the right side of the world strikes the left side of the retina.

Damage to the dorsal stream may interfere with:

Describe what a kitten would be able to see if both eyes were kept shut for the first two weeks?

Which of the following would most strongly excite a simple cell in the primary visual cortex?

Peripheral vision mainly depends upon:

Infants are born with the ability to control their visual attention.

In humans as in other species, the visual cortex is more plastic early in life.

Area ____ is particularly important for color constancy.

Rods are to ____ as cones are to ____.

Cutting the left optic nerve in front of the optic chiasm would result in blindness in ____.

An individual suffers damage to the parietal cortex, but maintains an intact temporal cortex. This may result in an inability to:

In the visual system of the mammalian cerebral cortex, the dorsal stream is specialized for detecting ____, and the ventral stream is specialized for detecting ____.

The ability to detect movement better than color in our peripheral vision is largely due to:

After you stare at a bright green object for a minute and look away, you see red. Which theory attempts to explain this finding?

Which of the following characterizes the blind spot?

What is the shape of the receptive field to which a simple cell in the primary visual cortex responds?

In the vertebrate retina, which cells are responsible for lateral inhibition?

A person with damage to V1, but not V4, would be able to perceive:

What can cause a permanent blurring of vision for either horizontal or vertical lines?

In the fovea, each receptor ends up has its own unique connection to the brain.