PSYC 5130 Transduction: Photoreceptors Quiz

Which type of photoreceptor cells are more abundant in the human eye?

Where in the retina do cones have a higher concentration than rods?

Which part of the retina is responsible for the highest acuity vision?

What is the function of the extraocular muscles in the eye?

What is the main difference between rod and cone cells?

Which cells allow light to directly reach the photoreceptors without passing through other retinal layers?

What is the first step in the process of visual perception?

What is the resting potential in most neurons?

Which type of ganglion cells are excited by light in the central field and inhibited by light in the surrounding field?

What effect occurs when ganglion cells are excited or inhibited for a prolonged period of time?

Which type of ganglion cells briefly detect moving or suddenly appearing stimuli?

In the receptive fields of ganglion cells, what is emphasized in areas where luminance changes sharply?

Which theory states that ganglion cells exhibit a rebound effect after being excited or inhibited for a prolonged period?

What type of cell is primarily responsible for perceiving edge information in visual stimuli?

Which visual phenomenon involves the creation of emphasis on areas with sharp luminance changes?

'ON' and 'OFF' ganglion cells respond differently to stimuli presented in which parts of their receptive fields?

What is the main difference between rod cells and cone cells?

What is a potential cause of color blindness according to the text?

Which theory proposes that mixing blue, green, and red receptor types gives us color perception?

What happens to a color-sensitive ganglion cell's firing rate when its receptive field is illuminated with a complementary color?

Which type of color blindness is characterized by a lack of the red cone?

How does the location of a neuron's receptive field depend on visual information?

What is the main idea behind the Opponent Process Theory?

In terms of rod and cone distribution in the retina, which statement is correct?

Which cells in the retina are responsible for color vision?

What type of acuity is typically higher in the fovea compared to the periphery of the retina?

Which area of the brain is responsible for processing information from the optic nerves before transmitting it to the visual cortex?

What is a characteristic of 'Simple' Visual Cortex Cells according to Hubel and Wiesel?

What is the main cause of color blindness in humans?

In the visual pathway, where do the axons of ganglion cells join together and cross over to form the optic chiasm?

'Center-Surround Fields' in retinal ganglion cells refer to:

'Extrastriate Cortex' refers to brain regions beyond which area?

What is the main difference between rod cells and cone cells?

What happens when light strikes a photoreceptor?

How do ganglion cells in the fovea differ from those in the periphery?

What effect does light have on rhodopsin and cone-opsin?

What process leads to hyperpolarization of the photoreceptors?

How does decreased neurotransmitter release from a photoreceptor affect a bipolar cell?

What happens when a photoreceptor releases less neurotransmitter?

How do rods and cones differ in their response to light intensity?