The seeing brain

Question 1

rods vs cones

Answer 1

rods: nighttime vision (low levelsof light)
cones: daytime (color vision)

Question 2

stations of the geniculostriate pathway (3)

Answer 2

1. Eye
2. LGN
3. V1

Question 3

Hemianopia

scotoma

quadrantanopia

Answer 3

1. half of visual field gone
2. small region of space gone
3. quarter of visual field gone

Question 4

what is blindsight?

Answer 4

damge in V1

people report not being able to see in particular region, but can still make correct judgements

Question 5

function V4/V5?

Answer 5

V4: color constancy

V5: movement

Question 6

what is achromatopsia?

what is akinetopsia?

Answer 6

achromatopsia: failure to percieve color
akinetopsia: failure to percieve movement

Question 7

4 gestalt laws

Answer 7

1. proximity
2. closure
3. similarity
4. continuity

Question 8

what is integrative agnosia?

Answer 8

failure to integratie parts into wholes in visual perception