Rods

toc = = = Definition: = The light sensitive receptor cells in the retina that look like slender cylinders and allow the eye to respond to as few as five photons of light. Gen Psych, CH 3, pp. 75

= Examples: = The rods in my eye allow me to see the light given off from the lamp in my dark living room.

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= Mnemonics: = When it comes to seeing color and light, its because of cones and rods. An easy way to remember this is Cones see Color ( both being with a C) Therefore the rods allow light.

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