Exam 6: Vision

While recording from a bipolar cell with a center-off surround-on receptive field,you observe a hyperpolarization in your cell.The stimulus that most likely triggered this response is light that covered

Many axons in the optic tract synapse in the _________ nucleus of the thalamus.

The axons of which type of cell form the optic nerve?

Primary visual or striate cortex is located in the _________ lobe.

Describe the organization of the lateral geniculate nucleus.

In which of the following ways do ganglion cells differ from the other cells in the retina?

People with prosopagnosia might also demonstrate the phenomenon of blindsight.

Antagonistic center-surround organization means that

Electromagnetic radiation:

The area of the retina that lacks large blood vessels and is responsible for central vision is called the:

The human blind spot results when light falls on the

The majority of human ganglion cells are _________ cells.

One of the reasons that rods are more sensitive to dim light than cones is that

Rods are responsible for _________ vision,which refers to our ability to see in _________ light.

The fusiform face area (FFA)is found within Area

A visual interneuron's receptive field is defined as the

Pupil diameter

The vast majority of people with colorblindness are classified as

While viewing the Hermann Grid,we see gray dots at the intersections of the lines that disappear when we look directly at an intersection.Most explanations of this phenomenon argue that it results from

Rhodopsin absorbs photons most effectively from wavelengths that appear