Vision Our most dominant sense
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Vision Our most dominant sense
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Our Essential Questions
• What are the major parts of the eye?• How does the eye translate light into
neural impulses?
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Vision
Purpose of the visual system–transform light energy into an
electro-chemical neural response–represent characteristics of objects
in our environment such as size, color, shape, and location
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Light: The Visual Stimulus
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Light: The Visual Stimulus
• Wavelength of a light is the distance of one complete cycle of the wave.
• Visible light : 400nm - 700nm.• Wavelength of light is related to its
perceived color
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The Structure of the Visual System
So how does this stimulus (light) transform into messages in our brain?
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Cornea• The clear bulge on the front of the eyeball• Begins to focus the light by bending it
toward a central focal point• Protects the eye
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Parts of the Eye – Cornea
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Iris• Colored portion of the eye
–Does color affect vision?• A ring of muscle tissue
that regulates the size of the pupil –Allows more or less light to
enter the eye
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Parts of the Eye - Iris
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Pupil
• Opening in the center of the eye • Controls the amount of light entering the
eye –bright conditions - iris expands, pupil gets
smaller–dark conditions - iris contracts, pupil gets
larger
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Parts of the Eye - Pupil
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Lens• A transparent structure behind the pupil• Focuses the image on the back of the eye
–Muscles change the thickness of the lens change how light is bent focuses the image
• Glasses or contacts correct problems
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Parts of the Eye - Lens
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Retina• At the back of the eyeball• Light-sensitive surface with cells that
convert light energy to neural impulses–This is where the magic happens!
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Parts of the Eye - Retina
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Fovea
• The central focal point of the retina• The spot where vision is best (most
detailed)
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Parts of the Eye - Fovea
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Receptor Cells
• In sight they change light into neural impulses the brain can understand
• Visual system has two types of receptor cells – rods and cones
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Distribution of Rods and Cones
• Cones—concentrated in center of eye (fovea)– approx. 6 million
• Rods—concentrated in periphery – approx. 120 million
• Blind spot—region with no rods or cones
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Differences Between Rods and Cones
• Cones– allow us to see in bright light– allow us to see fine spatial detail– allow us to see different colors
• Rods– allow us to see in dim light– can not see fine spatial detail– can not see different colors
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Receptive Fields and Rod vs. Cone Visual Acuity
• Cones—in the fovea, one cone often synapse onto only a single ganglion cell
• Rods—the axons of many rods synapse onto one ganglion cell
• This allows rods to be more sensitive in dim light, but it also reduces visual acuity
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Let’s Review
• Cone Characteristics• Rod Characteristics
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• Located in the retina
• Can only detect black and white
• Respond to less light than do cones
Rods
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• Located in the retina
• Can detect sharp images and color
• Need more light than the rods
• Many cones are clustered in the fovea
Cones
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Let’s do an experiment now
• What do you see in your peripheral vision (that’s the stuff on the side)?
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Get into groups of 3
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• Pick an A, B, and C
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The Experiment• A will look straight ahead• B will look A in the eyes – to make
sure that A doesn’t cheat!• C will move various colored pieces of
paper in A’s peripheral vision• A will guess the color
–Note: if the person is consistently guessing correctly then they are cheating!
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Write up the results…
1. Results – correct guess versus bad2. Your conclusion
- What do your results tell you about our vision?
- How do the different kinds of receptor cells affect our vision?
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Distribution of Rods and Cones• Cones—concentrated in center
of eye (fovea)– approx. 6 million
• Rods—concentrated in periphery – approx. 120 million
• Blind spot—region with no rods or cones
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Let’s Compare…
Cones–allow us to see
in bright light–allow us to see
fine spatial detail
–allow us to see different colors
Rods–allow us to see
in dim light–can not see fine
spatial detail–can not see
different colors
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Visual Processing in the Retina
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Optic Nerve
• The nerve that carries visual information from eye occipital lobes
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Parts of the Eye – Optic Nerve
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Blind Spot• The point at which the optic nerve travels through the retina to exit the eye
• There are no rods and cones at this point
Blind Spot
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Parts of the Eye – Blind Spot
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What do you see in your blind spot?
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The Visual System: Color Vision
How do we see color?
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Color Vision
• Differences in wavelength of light = color• Rods are color blind, but cones can see
different colors–We have only one type of rod but three types
of cones
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Color Vision
• Two theories of color vision:–Trichromatic Theory–Opponent-Process Theory
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Trichromatic (3-Color) Theory
• Cones are “tuned” to be sensitive to red, green and blue light
• All the colors we see are a combination of these 3 colors
• Similar to the design of a color TV
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Opponent-Process Theory• Sensory receptors in the retina come
in pairs:–Red/Green–Yellow/Blue–Black/White
•Only one side is “on” at a time
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Opponent Process Theory
ON” “OFF”red greengreen red blue yellow yellow blue black whitewhite black
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Opponent-Process Theory• If one sensor is stimulated, the other
is inhibited• If one sensor is over-stimulated, and
fatigues, the paired sensor will be activated, causing an afterimage
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Afterimage Effect
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Can you see what is in the middle?
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Red-Green Color Blindness
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Color Deficient Vision
• People who lack one of the three types of cones
• Usually the red or green receptors are missing
• Usually referred to as color blindness• Inherited and found more in males
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Overview of Visual System
• The eye is like a camera; instead of using film to catch the light, we have rods and cones.
• Cones allow us to see fine spatial detail and color but cannot function well in dim light.
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Overview of Visual System• Rods enable us to see in dim light but
at the loss of color and fine spatial detail.
• Our color vision is based on the presence of 3 types of cones, each maximally sensitive to a different range of wavelengths.