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What is sensation? |
The process of obtaining information about the environment and transmitting it to the brain to processing. |
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what is perception |
The process of interpreting sensory signals sent to the brain. |
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What are the three steps in sensory processing? |
Reception (directing the physical stimulus on The receptors (Sensory) neurons where it is received)
Transduction (the process of translating a physical stimulus into neural signals by Sensory neurons) Coding (the spatial and temporal pattern of nerve impulses represents the stimulus in some meaningful way) |
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Whats the retinas first layer ? |
Ganglion cell layer. |
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What are the two types of photoreceptors |
Rods and cones |
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What is myopia? |
An abormal condition in which the eyeball is too long also known as nearsightedness |
