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UCSD Psych 106 Exam Questions & Answers 2024/2025 contralateral - ANSWERSon the opposite side ipsilateral - ANSWERSon the same side photons - ANSWERS- particles of energy - emitted from atoms that travel through space as a wave electromagnetic spectrum - ANSWERSrange of all electroma...

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contralateral - ANSWERSon the opposite side



ipsilateral - ANSWERSon the same side



photons - ANSWERS- particles of energy

- emitted from atoms that travel through space as a wave



electromagnetic spectrum - ANSWERSrange of all electromagnetic radiation



visual light - ANSWERSthe portion of the electromagnetic spectrum that is visible to humans (390-
750nm)



receptive fields - ANSWERSthe area of the visual field that when lit with light AFFECTS (changes the
activity level of) the neuron under study



orientation tuning - ANSWERSdifferent parts of visual cortex process different aspects of visual stimulus



refraction - ANSWERSresponsible for image formation by lenses and the eye



5 major parts of the eye - ANSWERS1. iris

2. pupil

3. retina

4. cornea

5. lens

, cornea - ANSWERStransparent layer forming the front of the eye



iris - ANSWERS- colored area

- muscle that surrounds pupil



lens - ANSWERSresponsible for creating a sharp, focused image for the back of the eye



retina - ANSWERS- a layer in the back of the eyeball

- contains neurons that are sensitive to light and trigger impulses that pass via the optic nerve to the
brain



3 types of neurons in the retina - ANSWERS1. photoreceptors

2. bipolar cells

3. (retinal) ganglion cells



2 types of photoreceptors - ANSWERS1. rods

2. cones



- both have graded potential

- located in the back of the eye



rods - ANSWERS- involved in night vision

- operate at LOW light levels

- very sensitive to just a few rays of light

- not functional at high levels of light

- absent in fovea



why aren't rods involved in color vision? - ANSWERSrods only have one sensitivity, therefore cannot have
a role in seeing multiple colors

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