Across
- 2. sense of the position and movement of body parts.
- 5. term for color seen after staring at its opponent for awhile.
- 9. transparent protective membrane through which light enters the eye.
- 10. region of the ear that contains hammer, anvil, and stirrup.
- 13. inner surface of the eye that contains the rods and cones.
- 15. physical dimension of light and sound that determines brightness and loudness, respectively.
- 16. sense of hearing.
- 18. the perceptual experience of color.
- 19. adjustable opening in the eye through which light enters.
- 22. study of the relations between the physical characteristics of stimuli and our psychological experience of them.
- 23. energy spectrum that contains visible light.
- 25. theory that the region of maximum vibration along the basilar membrane is the basis of pitch discrimination.
- 26. visual receptors that are concentrated in the periphery of the retina.
- 27. part of the eye that changes shape to focus images on the retina.
Down
- 1. type of deafness that results from damage in the mechanics of the outer or middle ear.
- 3. region of the ear that contains the cochlea.
- 4. the basis of a "bionic ear."
- 6. type of brain cell discovered by Hubel and Wiesel.
- 7. ______-down processing is information processing guided by higher-level mental processes.
- 8. the retina's point of central focus.
- 11. region of the retina where the optic nerve leaves the eye.
- 12. theory of hearing that the rate of auditory nerve impulses matches the frequency of tones, enabling us to sense pitch.
- 14. sharpness of vision.
- 17. aspect of light and sound determined by the amplitude of energy waves.
- 20. nerve that carries visual information to the brain.
- 21. type of vision caused by a shorter-than-normal eyeball.
- 24. membrane that lies at the end of the auditory canal.