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Visible
Spectrum
1.
Wavelength
(hue/color)
2.
Intensity
(brightness)
3.
Saturation (purity)
The
Intensity
Amount of
energy in a wave
determined by
the amplitude. It
is related to
perceived
brightness.
Saturated
Saturated
Red
Blue
Green
Retinal
Ganglion
Cells
Red/Green
Yellow/Blue
Black/white
If one color is
stimulated, the other
is inhibited.
Opponent
Processing
Theory
Does
Rods
concentrated in periphery
approx. 120 million
Cones
1.
2.
3.
4.
Lens: Transparent
structure behind the pupil
that changes shape to
focus images on the retina.
Accommodation: The
process by which the eyes
lens changes shape to help
focus near or far objects on
the retina.
http://www.bergen.org
Use your textbook (p. 207). Close your left eye, and
fixate your right eye on the black dot. Move the
page towards your eye and away from your eye. At
some point the car on the right will disappear due
to a blind spot.
lab
Hubel and Wiesel received a Nobel Prize for their work on Feature
Detectors. These specialized nerons in the occipital lobes visual
cortex receive information from individual ganglion cells in the retina.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_l4kQ5wjiw
Ishihara Test
http://www.colblindor.com/coblis-colorblindness-simulator/
http://www.webexhibits.org/causesofcol
or/2.html