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6.1 An Overview of the Visual System

1.
Our visual system interprets the ________ of light as its color.

6.2 The Retina

2 .
________ and ________ are two major cell types in the retina that modify the direct pathway for information about light and help create center-surround responses.
3.
Of the five major neuronal cell types in the retina, ________ are located closest to the incoming light.

6.3 Visual Processing Begins in Bipolar, Horizontal, Amacrine and Ganglion Cells

4 .
A retinal ganglion cell that is excited by light in its center and inhibited by light in its surround is called ________ -center.

6.4 The Thalamus and Primary Visual Cortex

5.
The ________ map is the map of receptive field positions in the visual system.

6.5 Extrastriate Cortex

6 .
The ________ pathway contains information about stimulus position and movement, while the ________ pathway contains information about object identity.
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