Question 1

What are the differences between vision using rods and vision using cones?

Accepted Answer

Vision using rods and vision using cones

Question 2

After lesions to the parietal lobe, monkeys cannot:

Accepted Answer

A)  Discriminate visually between wooden blocks of different shapes 
B)  Use a wooden block as a cue to the location of food 
C)  Discriminate visually between wooden blocks of different colours 
D)  Remember the colour of a wooden block 
A)  Discriminate visually between wooden blocks of different shapes 
B)  Use a wooden block as a cue to the location of food 
C)  Discriminate visually between wooden blocks of different colours 
D)  Remember the colour of a wooden block

Question 3

The outer nuclear layer of the retina contains:

Accepted Answer

A)  The cell bodies of the photoreceptors 
B)  The amacrine cells 
C)  The choroid 
D)  The cell bodies of the bipolar cells 
A)  The cell bodies of the photoreceptors 
B)  The amacrine cells 
C)  The choroid 
D)  The cell bodies of the bipolar cells

Question 4

Compared with cones, the peak sensitivity of rods is shifted towards:

Accepted Answer

A)  Longer wavelengths 
B)  Shorter wavelengths 
C)  Flicker 
D)  The fovea 
A)  Longer wavelengths 
B)  Shorter wavelengths 
C)  Flicker 
D)  The fovea

Question 5

What are the dorsal and ventral visual streams, and how do their properties differ?

Accepted Answer

The dorsal and ventral visual streams ar

Question 6

Experiments with monkeys suggest that M cells respond to:

Accepted Answer

A)  Line orientation 
B)  Flicker 
C)  Colour 
D)  Size of texture elements 
A)  Line orientation 
B)  Flicker 
C)  Colour 
D)  Size of texture elements

Question 7

Retinal rods are most dense:

Accepted Answer

A)  In the fovea 
B)  In the macula 
C)  15-20° from the fovea 
D)  At the blind spot 
A)  In the fovea 
B)  In the macula 
C)  15-20° from the fovea 
D)  At the blind spot

Question 8

Visual area V6 forms part of the:

Accepted Answer

A)  Dorsal stream 
B)  Ventral stream 
C)  K layers of the LGN 
D)  Cerebellum 
A)  Dorsal stream 
B)  Ventral stream 
C)  K layers of the LGN 
D)  Cerebellum

Question 9

Parasol ganglion cells are:

Accepted Answer

A)  P cells 
B)  K cells 
C)  M cells 
D)  Driven only by rods 
A)  P cells 
B)  K cells 
C)  M cells 
D)  Driven only by rods

Question 10

In the inner plexiform layer of the retina:

Accepted Answer

A)  Are the cell bodies of the bipolar cells 
B)  Horizontal cells make connections with photoreceptors and bipolar cells 
C)  Amacrine cells make connections with ganglion and bipolar cells 
D)  Are the outer segments of the photoreceptors 
A)  Are the cell bodies of the bipolar cells 
B)  Horizontal cells make connections with photoreceptors and bipolar cells 
C)  Amacrine cells make connections with ganglion and bipolar cells 
D)  Are the outer segments of the photoreceptors

Question 11

What is the approximate optical power of the cornea in dioptres?

Accepted Answer

A)  20 
B)  43 
C)  10 
D)  100 
A)  20 
B)  43 
C)  10 
D)  100

Question 12

How do the properties of visual neurons change as one moves from retina to extra-striate cortex?

Accepted Answer

The properties of visual neurons change

Question 13

After lesions to the temporal lobe, monkeys cannot:

Accepted Answer

A)  Discriminate visually between wooden blocks of different shapes 
B)  Use a wooden block as a cue to the location of food 
C)  Reach for a wooden block 
D)  Place a wooden block in a hole 
A)  Discriminate visually between wooden blocks of different shapes 
B)  Use a wooden block as a cue to the location of food 
C)  Reach for a wooden block 
D)  Place a wooden block in a hole

Question 14

Which of these does not affect pupil diameter?

Accepted Answer

A)  Luminance level 
B)  Cognitive demands 
C)  Interest 
D)  Vitreous humour 
A)  Luminance level 
B)  Cognitive demands 
C)  Interest 
D)  Vitreous humour

Question 15

Area V2 contains cells which respond to:

Accepted Answer

A)  Arcs 
B)  Stars 
C)  Components of natural scenes 
D)  All of these 
A)  Arcs 
B)  Stars 
C)  Components of natural scenes 
D)  All of these

What are the differences between vision using rods and vision using cones?

After lesions to the parietal lobe, monkeys cannot:

The outer nuclear layer of the retina contains:

Compared with cones, the peak sensitivity of rods is shifted towards:

What are the dorsal and ventral visual streams, and how do their properties differ?

Experiments with monkeys suggest that M cells respond to:

Retinal rods are most dense:

Visual area V6 forms part of the:

Parasol ganglion cells are:

In the inner plexiform layer of the retina:

What is the approximate optical power of the cornea in dioptres?

How do the properties of visual neurons change as one moves from retina to extra-striate cortex?

After lesions to the temporal lobe, monkeys cannot:

Which of these does not affect pupil diameter?

Area V2 contains cells which respond to:

The Nature of Perception, and Some Ways of Investigating It

Research Methods in Perception

Seeing in Colour

Seeing Pattern and Motion

Hearing

Taste and Smell

Touch and Pain

Vestibular and Proprioceptive Systems

Visual and Auditory Localisation

Perception and Action

Eye Movements and Perception of Natural Scenes

Recognising Faces

Attention and Awareness

Changes in Perception Through the Life-Span

Pathologies of Perception

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Exam 3: Mechanisms of Early and Middle Visual Processing

What are the differences between vision using rods and vision using cones?

After lesions to the parietal lobe, monkeys cannot:

The outer nuclear layer of the retina contains:

Compared with cones, the peak sensitivity of rods is shifted towards:

What are the dorsal and ventral visual streams, and how do their properties differ?

Experiments with monkeys suggest that M cells respond to:

Retinal rods are most dense:

Visual area V6 forms part of the:

Parasol ganglion cells are:

In the inner plexiform layer of the retina:

What is the approximate optical power of the cornea in dioptres?

How do the properties of visual neurons change as one moves from retina to extra-striate cortex?

After lesions to the temporal lobe, monkeys cannot:

Which of these does not affect pupil diameter?

Area V2 contains cells which respond to:

The Nature of Perception, and Some Ways of Investigating It

Research Methods in Perception

Seeing in Colour

Seeing Pattern and Motion

Hearing

Taste and Smell

Touch and Pain

Vestibular and Proprioceptive Systems

Visual and Auditory Localisation

Perception and Action

Eye Movements and Perception of Natural Scenes

Recognising Faces

Attention and Awareness

Changes in Perception Through the Life-Span

Pathologies of Perception

Filters