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Transduction
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receptors
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adaptation
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temporal codes/ spatial codes
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topographical representations
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primary cortex
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Physical Characteristics of Sound: amplitude
length; frequency
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Psychological Dimensions of Sound: loudness,
pitch, timbre
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Parts of the ear; Pinna, tympanic membrane,
auditory nerve
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Auditory Transduction – cochlea, basilar membrane,
auditory nerve
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Deafness: conduction, nerve
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Theories of hearing: Place Theory (traveling
wave); Frequency matching
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Primary auditory cortex
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Light; intensity, wavelength
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Parts of the eye: cornea, pupil, iris, lens,
retina
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"Photoreceptors" rods, cones, (What?)
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bipolar cells’ ganglion cells
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summation (convergence)
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fovea – why most accurate vision here?
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Light and dark adaptation
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Blind spot
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Interneurons; lateral inhibition
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Center-surround receptor field
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Seeing color: hue, saturation, brightness;
additive color mixing
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Trichromatic Theory of Color Vision (Helmholtz)
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Opponent-process theory of color vision
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Modern view of color vision
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Colorblindness – Most common type?
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Visual Pathways: Optic chiasm, Thalamus, Visual
cortex
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Parallel processing
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Research of Hubel and Wiesel – Feature detectors.
(LGN)
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Olfaction – Stimulation by gasses/only sense
that doesn’t go through thalamus
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Pheromones
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Gustation – papillae
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Research by Bartoshuk on Taste and flavor
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Touch receptors
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Gate control theory of pain
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Kinesthesia
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Vestibular system
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Balance
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dyslexia
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