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