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Flashcards by Litzi Morales, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Litzi Morales
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| Question | Answer |
| ipRGC's use a pigment called _________ which functions similarly to other photopigments | Melanopsin |
| Stages 3+4 feature ________ activity | delta wave |
| Individuals with an untreated major depressive disorder often have a disproportionate amount of _______ likely due to reduced serotonergic activity | REM sleep |
| Thalamus and hypothalamus primarily use _______ and are ________, which is why sleep | histamines; antagonist |
| There are two psychological processes that most experts can agree are crucial to conscious experience, _________ and _________ | sensation and perception |
| combining all sensory information from our environment to provide meaning | bottom-up processing |
| visible light is a form of ___________. | electromagnetic radiation |
| the osscilations in electrical and magnetic energy occur because of _________. | photons |
| after light passes through the cornea it enters the ______ | pupil |
| the pupil itself is controlled by the _____. | iris |
| behind the lens is the largest chamber of the eye _______, filled with a jelly-like substance called the ________ | vitreous chamber; vitreous humor |
| Rhodopsin, a photopigment specific to rods has two components: _______ and ______. | opsin and retinal |
| Rods photoreceptors are more depolarized than regular neurons because of a phenomenon known as ________. | dark current |
| Rods photoreceptors are depolarized in _________ and hyperpolarized in _______. | darkness; light |
| because neurons fire action potentials after depolarization, light is actually limiting the activity of _______ | rods photoreceptors |
| The competition between the center and surrounding fields photoreceptors is called ________. | lateral inhibition |
| _________ suggests we process color using three separate photopigments. blue, green, and red | Trichromatic color theory |
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