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Which of the following statements MOST accurately describes how visual information is transmitted to the brain?

A) signals from each eye only go to the corresponding (same) hemisphere of the brain.
B) signals from both eyes go to both hemispheres of the brain.
C) signals from each eye only go to the opposite hemisphere of the brain.
D) signals from the fovea of each eye go to the left hemisphere and signals from the remaining areas of the retina go to the right hemisphere.

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Perception is ____________________ and involves much more than passively receiving signals from the outside world; it involves the ____________________ of sensory input.

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The structure of the eye that absorbs light, processes images and sends visual information to the brain is the

The process in which the lens adjusts its shape depending on the distance between the eye and the object viewed in order to project a clear image onto the retina is

Juanita was drinking some warm punch and she thought she could just detect a faint taste of nutmeg in the punch.However when she took another sip the taste wasn't there.On the third sip she could just make out the taste of nutmeg again.It is very likely that the amount of nutmeg in the punch was

The fact that your criterion for "hearing" mysterious noises at night may change after a rash of burglaries in your neighborhood can best be explained by

Last year Fiona had a yard sale.She marked the prices of items very reasonably, and she refused to reduce them when people tried to "deal." This year she had another yard sale, but this time she marked the prices of items quite high, and then reduced them by 50% or more when people asked to "deal." Fiona was surprised to find that she made much more money this year.When she asks you why this might have happened, you explain how judgments can be affected by

Which of the following is NOT one of the four basic tastes?

If one is subjected to prolonged stimulation, eventually

When a clarinet plays a high C followed by a low C, these two notes are perceived differently because they differ in

Light, the stimulus for vision, is

Charlie's eyes function normally but he is unable to recognise objects.Charlie is suffering from

Our ability to see three dimensions based on having only a two-dimensional retina is known as

As a result of the pathway through which visual information travels from the eye to the visual cortex, images seen in the left visual field are received in

You are sitting in an arena watching the end of a very close basketball game and you fail to notice that one of the referees has removed his shirt.This an example of

Psychologists who took the structuralist approach to the study of consciousness believed that the best way to understand an individual's conscious experiences was to understand all the component parts that combined to produce the experience.This view is most consistent with

Night and peripheral vision depend mainly on ____, while daylight and acute vision depend mainly on ____.

Eloise is an individual who is classified as a supertaster.She is likely to be especially sensitive to

Briefly distinguish between sensation and perception.

Which theory of colour vision BEST explains why the colour of an afterimage is the complement of the original colour?