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19 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
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lens
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ability to focus our vision, small muscles change shape
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retina
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images are focuse on back surface of eye.. contains rods and cones...what lets you see.
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vitreous humor
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aqueous solution..supports eye and serves as cushion
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cerebrum
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(cerebral cortex)(mammalian brain) big part of brain!
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cerebral cortex
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(mammilian brain)2/3 of neurons, covers almost entire brain, dark matter/white matter
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brainstem
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physiological processes...BREATHING
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cerebellum
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(reptilian brain) fight or flight
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visual cortex
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back of brain. occipital lobes, visual info is processed
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modular units
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neurons in the cortex, undergo a continuing "convo" thru electrical impulses
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left hemisphere
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language orginates
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right hemisphere
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motor skills
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temporal lobe
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after visual cortex has process the visual info, it carries out recognition process
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rod
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(black and white) monochrome vision
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cone
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color vision
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occipital lobe
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where the visual cortex is located
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blind sight
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ability to "see without looking" athletes make passes w/o looking
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optic nerve
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bundle of nerve cells that carries visual info from eye to visual cortex
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subliminal perception
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brain's ability to filter out visual info and only allow recognition of that input which is important (speed of words shown to people)
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severing corpus callosum
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2 halves cannot communicate. see image with left eye, image is processed on right, cannot name b/c right visual cortex cannot communicate w/ left language. can draw object.
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