Big picture
🔗 Connections backward: Week 1 gave you receptors, graded potentials, neurons, axons and the CNS. Week 3 gave you membrane potential. Week 5–6 located the occipital lobe, LGN→V1 pathway, cortical maps and fMRI. Chapter 5 now follows one sensory system all the way from physical light to perception.
Study it in this order
Transduction → optic nerve → blind spot → fovea/periphery.
Rods/cones → photopigments → wavelength → S/M/L cones.
Trichromatic → deficiencies → opponent process → Retinex/context.
LGN → V1/V2 → retinotopic maps → dorsal/ventral streams → recognition.
Memory line: RECEIVE LIGHT → CODE IT → COMPARE IT → MAP IT → RECOGNIZE / ACT.
Teach → Understand → Connect
Open one lesson at a time. Say the main idea back before moving forward.
Professor slides — complete breakdown
Grouped by the professor’s slide sequence so no major slide topic is skipped.
Textbook · Chapter 5 / Module 5.1 Visual Coding · pp.147–160
Use the page-by-page guide while reading. It separates Yellow main ideas, Orange terms, Pink examples/figures, and short Blue connection notes.
Open Page-by-Page Note BreakdownFlashcards
Study the complete Week 7 key-term deck as real reveal cards. Reveal the answer, then rate Needs Review / Almost / Got It so your tracker updates.
Practice
Choose an answer first. You will not see the correct answer or explanation until after you answer. Practice gives immediate feedback and updates your tracker.
Test
Answer the full set without immediate feedback. Submit when finished to see your score and review every missed item.
Retrieval
Answer each question from memory, then reveal the answer and rate how well you knew it.