Sensation Review

While looking at a triangle, specific neurons called "feature detectors" fire in response to the lines and angles in the shape.  Feature detectors are located in the _____.

• Retina
• Cornea
• Thalamus
• Occipital Lobe

Which part of the ear is MOST similar to the retina of the eye due to its ability to transduce energy?

• Cochlea
• Semi-Circular Canals
• Tympanic Membrane
• Ossicles

Being able to detect a single candle flame from 30 miles away on a clear dark night at least 50% of the time is known as:

• Weber's Law
• Subliminal Stimuli
• Difference Threshold
• Absolute Threshold

Another name for face blindness is also known as

• Temporal Lobe Dysfunction
• Astereognosia
• Prosopagnosia
• Inability to see

Which part of the eye uses accommodation to see the image clearly?

• Retina
• Blind Spot
• Lens
• Iris

Which of the following might help Larry see the subtle difference between two colors the best?

• The cones in the fovea
• The cones in the peripheral of the retnia
• The rods in the fovea
• The rods in the peripheral of the retina

Which theory of color vision states that the thalmaus will produce afterimages of black-white, red-green, and blue-yellow colors when overly stimulated?

• Young-Helmholtz
• Place
• Parallel Processing
• Opponent Processing

Billy feels really dizzy after riding a rollercoaster at the local state fair.  His dizziness is caused by his

• cochlea
• vestibular sense
• kinesthesis sense
• thalamus

Experiencing depth, form, color and motion simultaneously in the brain is known as

• Opponent Processing
• Parallel Processing
• Trichromatic Processing
• Top-Down Processing

Finding a cold classroom a little more comfortable once you have been in there for a while would be an example of

• sensory interaction

• stimulus generalization

• just noticeable difference

• sensory adaptation