BioCog miscellaneous

Question 1

influx of negative ion

Answer 1

hyperplarisation

Question 2

influx of positive ion

Answer 2

depolarisation

Question 3

magnocellular cells

Answer 3

• layers 1-2
• rod information
• movement, depth, brightness

Question 4

parvocellular cells

Answer 4

• layers 3-6
• cone information
• colour, fine details

Question 5

koniocellular cells

Answer 5

• between each layer

- blue

Question 6

feature search

Answer 6

• no attention
• differ in only one aspect
• “pop out”
• produce illursory conjunctions

Question 7

conjunction search

Answer 7

• differ in two or more aspects
• search serially
• require attention to “glue together”

Question 8

cue endogeneous

Answer 8

• f.e. arrow

- at focus point

Question 9

exogeneous cue

Answer 9

• can be anything

- at the periphery

Question 10

valid trial

Answer 10

• arrow gives correct direction

Question 11

invalid trial

Answer 11

• arrow gives opposite side

Question 12

neutral trial

Answer 12

• f.e. double-sided arrow

Question 13

boat imagery experiment

Answer 13

• participants are slower when scanning boat from motor to anchor than from cabin to anchor
  = left end to right end is slower than middle to end
• explained by propositional theory

Question 14

CW and HM

Answer 14

• single dissociation

Question 15

CW + HM and KF

Answer 15

• double dissociation