Exam 9: How Do We Sense, Perceive, and See the World 

The geniculostriate system is as follows:

What is the difference between magnocellular cells and parvocellular cells? Specifically, what types of visual signals do they carry, and where do their inputs come from?

The most common cause(s) of irreversible blindness is/are:

In the _____ system, mechanical energy activates receptors sensitive to touch, pressure, or pain.

_____ is the subjective interpretation of sensations by the brain; _____ is the registration of events from the environment on the sensory receptors.

In area V2, the thin stripes carry information about _____, whereas thick stripes carry information about _____.

What is optic ataxia?

A condition in which a person hears in color or experiences different tastes when touching different textures would likely be diagnosed as:

The trichromatic theory of color vision is associated with the:

Magnocellular cells send their projections to layer _____ of the visual cortex.

What is color constancy, and why is it important? What brain region is responsible for coding color constancy?

Retinal ganglion cells are very active when their receptive fields process:

The eye has _____ type(s) of cone cells.

Since his recent stroke, Roger has had trouble controlling his eye movements. In addition, when he reaches out to pick up objects, he often misses them. Roger most likely has damage to his:

Which of the following is one hypothesis for why color vision in humans evolved?

Neurons in the blobs found in the visual cortex are involved in _____, while neurons in interblobs are involved in perception of _____.

Cells in the dorsal stream are sensitive to:

Which of the following is NOT a cell type found in the first layer of retinal neurons?

What are the primary neural relays and functions of the geniculostriate, tectopulvinar, and retinohypothalamic visual pathways?

The superior colliculus plays an important role in: