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texture gradient
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Gradual reduction, with increasing distance, of the apparent coarseness of a surface (such as the ground or floor); provides a powerful cue to the distances of objects located on that surface
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top-down processing
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Processing that is driven by beliefs and expectations about how the world is organized
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transduction
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The process by which external inputs are translated into the internal language of the brain
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trichromatic theory
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A theory of colour vision proposing that colour information is extracted by comparing the relative activations of three different types of cone receptors
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tympanic membrane
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The eardrum, which responds to incoming sound waves by vibrating
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vestibular sacs
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Small organs in the inner ear that contain receptors responsible for the sense of balance
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visual acuity
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The ability to see fine detail
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warm fibres
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Neurons that respond vigorously when the temperature of the skin increases
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Weber’s law
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States that the ability to notice a difference in the magnitude of two stimuli is a constant proportion of the intensity of the standard stimulus; psychologically, the more intense a stimulus is to begin with, the more intense it will need to become for a person to notice a difference
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