Sensation and Perception

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Across
  1. 1. The sharpness of vision
  2. 4. A snail shaped structure that produces nerve/sound impulses from vibrations
  3. 5. The weakest amount of stimulus that can be sensed
  4. 7. Takes focused light and image and acts like the film of a camera
  5. 10. the stimulation of sensory receptors & transmission of sensory information
  6. 15. Opening in the eye changes shape based on light and emotions
  7. 16. Adjusts to the distance of an object by changing the thickness
  8. 17. Process by which becoming more sensitive to weak stimuli, and less sensitive to unchanging stimuli
  9. 19. The minimum amount of difference that can be distinguished between two stimuli
  10. 21. Allows color vision
  11. 22. Visual sensation that occurs after the original stimulus
  12. 23. Deafness caused by damage to the middle ear
  13. 24. Neurons in the retina
Down
  1. 2. Opposite colors
  2. 3. Deafness caused by damage to the middle ear or auditory nerve
  3. 6. Sounds of different frequencies are heard (T/F)
  4. 8. Caused by missing or defective cones
  5. 9. the psychological processes by which we interpret sensory information
  6. 11. Area where the optic nerve leaves the eye
  7. 12. Distinguishing sensory stimuli that takes into account the setting
  8. 13. Important of photoreceptors
  9. 14. Bundle of neurons carrying sound from the cochlea to the brain
  10. 18. Transmits neural impulses from the eye to the brain
  11. 20. Allows us to see in black and white and is sensitive to only light