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Sensation vs Perception
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Rods
responsible for black and white colors
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Cones
responsible for colors (no cones in peripheral vision)
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Monocular Cues
Provide depth information when viewing a scene with one eye
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Interposition
indicates depth by nearer objects in front of an block the objects farther away
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Texture Gradient
as surface gets farther, texture gets finer and smoother
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Manifest Content
Surface storyline, What actually happens in the dream
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Latent Content
Hidden meaning of a dream
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Sensory Adaptation
reduced sensitivity to stimulation that results from repeated presentations of that stimulation
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Pheromones
odor chemicals used by animals to find a potential mate
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Circadian Rhythm
24 hour biological cycles found in humans and other living species, internal chemical units regulate by nature
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Olfactory Bulbs
cilia send electrical signal to bulbs to generate a code to be interpreted by the brain
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Nightmares
Anxiety arousing dreams that lead to awakening, usually from REM
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Night-Terrors
Abrupt awakening from nREM accompanied by feelings of panic, usually happens with children, usually grow out of them
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Narcolepsy
Going directly from WAKEFULNESS into REM
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Insomnia
The inability to fall into REM/The inability to STAY asleep
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REM Rebound
If we were to miss a night's sleep one night, we
We hit REM earlier and remain in it for longer the next night
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Gestalt
viewing things as an organized whole, shape, or form