| Question | Answer |
| Visual Information Processing | Optic nerves connect to the thalamus in the midddle of the brain, and the thalamus connects to the visual cortex |
| Visible Light | the portion of the electromagnetic spectrum that is visible to the human eye |
| Difference Thresholds | the minimum difference in stimulation that a person can detect half of the time |
| Absolute Thresholds | the smallest detectable level of a stimulus |
| Top-down processing | Information processing guided by higher-level mental processes as we construct perceptions, drawing on our experience and expectations |
| Bottom-up processing | Analysis of the stimulus begins with the sense receptors and work up to the level of the brain and mind |
| Perception | a process in which we select, organize, and interpret our sensations |
| Sensation | a process in which we must detect physical energy (a stimulus) from the environment and convert it into neural signals, to represent the world |
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