AP Psychology 1.2 Sensation and Perception

called what And here a potential answers are going to

run right Well in order to narrow it down let's

take a look at what each part of the eye

does let's start with e the retinal ganglion cells it

looks like a made up phrase from a sci fi

film the return of the retinal ganglion but well it's

not that exciting These cells are responsible for transferring information

from the eye to the brain However since we're talking

about cells that see in some sense of the word

at least this answer doesn't fit it's not really doing

the seeing so much as receiving information from one source

and passing it along to another so in cross out

eat these retinal ganglion cells form the bulk of the

optic nerves along with the glial cells that regulate protect

and support the nerves as they do their information Sending

thing though is out as well It's like i let's

move on to see the bow via well the phobia

is a small pit near the center of the retina

That's responsible for sharp central vision providing us with direct

line of sight used in tasks like reading and driving

Think of it is you're focused vision or in other

words the number one thing you should be thankful for

your ability to reach the top of the scoreboards in

college duty But does it only see in black and

white know why Because this central pitting your eyes made

up of cones cones process color as well as visual

acuity so it looks like both cnn air out which

leaves us with b rods cones and rods are the

two types of cells that cover the eye and initially

received or see the light waves coming in The rods

handle the black and white which helps us see in

the dark so it looks like he's our answer But

don't worry rods Some of the best things only come

in black and white I'm gonna find these guys and

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