Module 22: Vision: Sensory and Perceptual Processing

Readings

Module 22, Vision: Sensory and Perceptual Processing, pages 222-32.

Learning Targets

22-1 Discuss the characteristics of the energy that we see as visible light, and describe the structures in the eye that help focus that energy.

22-2 Describe how the rods and cones process information, and explain the path information travels from the eye to the brain.

22-3 Discuss how we perceive color in the world around us.

22-4 Describe the location and function of feature detectors.

22-5 Explain how the brain uses parallel processing to construct visual perceptions.