M3L2 Vision

the dimension of color that is determined by the wavelength of light; what we know as the color names blue, green, and so forth

• Hue
• near-sightedness (myopia)
• prosopagnoisa
• Cornea

A psychological sensation caused by the intensity of light waves.

• Brightness
• Far-sightedness (hyperopia)
• feature dectectors
• Iris

The clear tissue that covers the front of the eye

• Cornea
• Photoreceptor
• parallel processing
• Pupil

a ring of muscle tissue that forms the colored portion of the eye around the pupil and controls the size of the pupil opening

• Iris
• transduction
• Saturation
• Lens

the adjustable opening in the center of the eye through which light enters

• Pupil
• Rod
• Trichromatic theory
• Retina

Focuses light onto retina

• Lens
• Cone
• color vision deficiency
• Accommodation

the light-sensitive inner surface of the eye, containing the receptor rods and cones plus layers of neurons that begin the processing of visual information

• Retina
• Peripheral vision
• dichromatism
• near-sightedness (myopia)

the process by which the eye's lens changes shape to focus near or far objects on the retina

• Accommodation
• Bipolar cell
• monochromatism
• Far-sightedness (hyperopia)

a condition in which nearby objects are seen more clearly than distant objects because distant objects focus in front of the retina

• near-sightedness (myopia)
• Ganglion cell
• After image
• Photoreceptor

a condition in which faraway objects are seen more clearly than near objects because the image of near objects is focused behind the retina

• Far-sightedness (hyperopia)
• Fovea
• Opponent-process theory
• transduction