How do we see

Question 1

what 3 stages do we go through in order to see?

Answer 1

reception
transduction
perception

Question 2

what is reception

Answer 2

info detection

Question 3

what is transduction

Answer 3

converted to electrical signals

Question 4

what is perception

Answer 4

influenced by what we see and what we know

Question 5

what are the 4 stages of eye movements

Answer 5

light enters eye and is focused on fovea
we move our eyes to view our environment
when our eye stops, fixation occurs
eye movements are saccades where no visual info is extracted

Question 6

what are the 4 stages in which light moves from our eye to our brain

Answer 6

photorecpetor in eye
other retinal neurons
thalamus
occipitial lobe

Question 7

so how do we actually see

Answer 7

light passes through pupil and lens where it is focused on to the retina. The retina turns it into an electrical impulse where it travels to the brain via the optic nerve