The Visual World

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Across
  1. 4. The place where the optic nerves partially cross is called the optic _____
  2. 7. Primary visual cortex (V1) is called the ______ cortex
  3. 11. Visual system neurons sensitive to form and color
  4. 14. The optic nerve connects with the ______ of the thalamus
  5. 15. Photoreceptor specialized for color and visual acuity
  6. 16. Subjective interpretation of sensations by the brain
  7. 19. Blindness in one quadrant of the visual field
  8. 20. Can’t focus on nearby objects
  9. 21. People with facial _______ cannot recognize faces
  10. 22. Transduces light into neural activity
  11. 27. Small blind spot caused by migraine or small lesion of the cortex
  12. 28. Visual system neurons sensitive to moving stimuli
  13. 30. The colored part of the eye
  14. 31. Where cones are most densely packed
  15. 32. Photoreceptor specialized for low light
Down
  1. 1. The most common cause of blindness
  2. 2. Visual stream or pathway from V1 to temporal lobe
  3. 3. The amount of visible light reflected from an object to the eye
  4. 5. Explanation of color vision that emphasizes opposing color pairs is the ______-process.
  5. 6. Visual stream or pathway from V1 to parietal lobe
  6. 8. Columnar organization of area ____ has neurons that respond to categories of shapes
  7. 9. Region in V1 that contains color sensitive neurons
  8. 10. Theoretical explanation of color vision based on the coding of three primary colors
  9. 12. The tract from the retina to the suprachiasmic nucleus
  10. 13. Can’t clearly focus distant objects
  11. 17. Secondary visual cortex (V2-V5)
  12. 18. A cell in V1 the responds to a bar of light moving in a particular orientation
  13. 23. Light sensitive surface at the back of the eye
  14. 24. Physical stimuli registered by sensory organs
  15. 25. Specific part of a sensory organ or cell the responds to the world is the _____ field
  16. 26. Spot Where blood vessels enter the eye
  17. 29. The left visual field projects to the ______visual cortex
  18. 31. Inability to recognize objects is called visual-______ agnosia