Seeing READING ASSIGNMENT Discussion of Gregory’s Article on Visual Illusions – Tues Feb 17 Available in your course pack.

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Seeing READING ASSIGNMENT Discussion of Gregory’s Article on Visual Illusions – Tues Feb 17 Available in your course pack

What kind of energy does the visual system sense and perceive? The Visual System

Light is an oscillation (a wave) in the electromagnetic field Light

What are some characteristics of light waves? Properties of light

What are some characteristics of light waves? –amplitude/intensity - how big of a fluctuation in the field/how many waves –frequency - how many fluctuations (waves) pass by a certain point in a given period of time –polarization - the orientation of the waves Properties of light

What perceptions are associated with those physical properties? Properties of light

What perceptions are associated with those physical properties? –Intensity is associated (loosely) with brightness –Frequency is associated (loosely) with color –Polarization isn’t sensed by humans (but it is by some insects and birds!) Properties of light

Light The spectrum is the range of frequencies of electromagnetic waves

The eye –curved cornea –lens –retina –fovea –optic disk Using Light

Light is focused on the retina by the curvature of the cornea and the lens –Flat lens (relaxed muscles) focuses distant points Using Light

Light is focused on the retina by the curvature of the cornea and the lens –Accomodation: Bulged lens (muscles flexed) focuses on near points Using Light

Light is focused on the retina by the curvature of the cornea and the lens Constriction of the pupil limits how much light gets in AND reduces the amount of focusing required of the lens Using Light

photoreceptors transduce incoming light ganglion cells send signals along to the brain The Retina has layers of cells

2 types of photoreceptors: rods and cones rods are very sensitive - useful in dim light Two kinds of Photoreceptors

Rods and cones are distributed differently across the retina The Retina

visual acuity (ability to see detail) depends on cones - thus acuity varies across the visual field The Retina

Why don’t you notice your blind spot? The Retina

Why don’t you notice your blind spot? –Blindspots don’t overlap! –Your brain “fills in” the missing information –The specific information in the blindspot isn’t much more missing than the rest of the periphery! The Retina

three types of cones: short, medium, and long different absorptions enable color vision The Retina

each ganglion cell integrates information from a particular spot on the retina called its receptive field Neurons “collect” information

Receptive Fields Stimulus is in receptive field Stimulus is near receptive field Stimulus is outside receptive field Action potentials

Ganglion cells project to the brain via the optic nerve information is projected to contralateral cortex! Visual Pathways