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- 1ipRGC's use a pigment called _________ which functions similarly to other photopigmentsMelanopsin
- 2Stages 3+4 feature ________ activitydelta wave
- 3Individuals with an untreated major depressive disorder often have a disproportionate amount of _______ likely due to reduced serotonergic activityREM sleep
- 4Thalamus and hypothalamus primarily use _______ and are ________, which is why sleephistamines; antagonist
- 5There are two psychological processes that most experts can agree are crucial to conscious experience, _________ and _________sensation and perception
- 6combining all sensory information from our environment to provide meaningbottom-up processing
- 7visible light is a form of ___________.electromagnetic radiation
- 8the osscilations in electrical and magnetic energy occur because of _________.photons
- 9after light passes through the cornea it enters the ______pupil
- 10the pupil itself is controlled by the _____.iris
- 11behind the lens is the largest chamber of the eye _______, filled with a jelly-like substance called the ________vitreous chamber; vitreous humor
- 12Rhodopsin, a photopigment specific to rods has two components: _______ and ______.opsin and retinal
- 13Rods photoreceptors are more depolarized than regular neurons because of a phenomenon known as ________.dark current
- 14Rods photoreceptors are depolarized in _________ and hyperpolarized in _______.darkness; light
- 15because neurons fire action potentials after depolarization, light is actually limiting the activity of _______rods photoreceptors
- 16The competition between the center and surrounding fields photoreceptors is called ________.lateral inhibition
- 17_________ suggests we process color using three separate photopigments. blue, green, and redTrichromatic color theory