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1 Review: Vision

2 Transduction In sensation, the transformation of stimulus energy into neural impulses. Phototransduction: Conversion of light energy into neural impulses that the brain can understand. OBJECTIVE 4| Define transduction, and specify the form of energy our visual system converts into neural messages our brain can interpret.

3 The Stimulus Input: Light Energy
Visible Spectrum Both Photos: Thomas Eisner

4 Light Characteristics
Wavelength (hue/color) Intensity (brightness) Saturation (purity)

5 Wavelength (Hue) Hue (color) is the dimension of color determined by the wavelength of the light. Wavelength is the distance from the peak of one wave to the peak of the next.

6 Different wavelengths of light result
Wavelength (Hue) Violet Indigo Blue Green Yellow Orange Red 400 nm 700 nm Short wavelengths Long wavelengths Different wavelengths of light result in different colors.

7 Intensity (Brightness)
Intensity Amount of energy in a wave determined by the amplitude. It is related to perceived brightness.

8 Intensity (Brightness)
Blue color with varying levels of intensity. As intensity increases or decreases, blue color looks more “washed out” or “darkened.”

9 Purity (Saturation) Monochromatic light added to green and red
Saturated Saturated Monochromatic light added to green and red makes them less saturated.

10 The Eye OBJECTIVE 5| Describe the major structure of the eye, and explain how they guide the incoming ray of light toward the eye’s receptor cells.

11 Parts of the eye Cornea: Transparent tissue where light enters the eye. Iris: Muscle that expands and contracts to change the size of the opening (pupil) for light. Lens: Focuses the light rays on the retina. Retina: Contains sensory receptors that process visual information and sends it to the brain.

12 The Lens Lens: Transparent structure behind the pupil that changes shape to focus images on the retina. Accommodation: The process by which the eye’s lens changes shape to help focus near or far objects on the retina.

13 The Lens Nearsightedness: A condition in which nearby objects are seen more clearly than distant objects. Farsightedness: A condition in which faraway objects are seen more clearly than near objects.

14 Retina Retina: The light-sensitive inner surface of the eye, containing receptor rods and cones in addition to layers of other neurons (bipolar, ganglion cells) that process visual information. OBJECTIVE 6| Contrast the two types of receptor cells in the retina, and describe the retina’s reaction to light.

15 Optic Nerve, Blind Spot & Fovea
Optic nerve: Carries neural impulses from the eye to the brain. Blind Spot: Point where the optic nerve leaves the eye because there are no receptor cells located there. This creates a blind spot. Fovea: Central point in the retina around which the eye’s cones cluster.

16 Photoreceptors E.R. Lewis, Y.Y. Zeevi, F.S Werblin, 1969

17 Bipolar & Ganglion Cells
Bipolar cells receive messages from photoreceptors and transmit them to ganglion cells, which are for the optic nerve.

18 Visual Information Processing
Optic nerves connect to the thalamus in the middle of the brain, and the thalamus connects to the visual cortex. OBJECTIVE 7| Discuss the different levels of processing that occur as information travels from the retina to the brain’s cortex.

19 Shape Detection Specific combinations of temporal lobe activity occur as people look at shoes, faces, chairs and houses. Ishai, Ungerleider, Martin and Haxby/ NIMH

20 From Sensation to Recognition
Tim Bieber/ The Image Bank

21 Subtraction of Colors If three primary colors (pigments) are mixed, subtraction of all wavelengths occurs and the color black is the result.

22 Theories of Color Vision
Trichromatic theory: Based on behavioral experiments, Helmholtz suggested that the retina should contain three receptors that are sensitive to red, blue and green colors. Standard stimulus OBJECTIVE 9| Explain how the Young-Helmholtz and opponent-process theories help us understand color vision. Comparison stimulus Max Medium Low Blue Green Red

23 Photoreceptors Blue Cones Green Cones Red Cones MacNichol, Wald and Brown (1967) measured directly the absorption spectra of visual pigments of single cones obtained from the retinas of humans. Short wave Medium wave Long wave

24 Color Blindness Genetic disorder in which people are blind to green or red colors. This supports the Trichromatic theory. Ishihara Test

25 Opponent Colors Gaze at the middle of the flag for about 30
Seconds. When it disappears, stare at the dot and report whether or not you see Britain's flag.

26 Opponent Process Theory
Hering proposed that we process four primary colors combined in pairs of red-green, blue-yellow, and black-white. Cones Retinal Ganglion Cells

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