PSY 3301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Amacrine Cell, Vestal Virgin, Presbyopia
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Importance of object recognition elements of behaviour are impacted, rises importance towards this system. Who suggests children who are born blind have a 15 year less lifespan than those who are not. Surgery in india to see; children can now see and communicate what they can see. It"s not just kids that can see after surgery, others can also have the surgery as the adult brain can adapt. Can only see a certain spectrum of colours; our visual system takes light into the eyes and takes it through via impulses. It all starts with the eye, light is bent by the cornea and goes in through the lens (near far focus). The lens of the cornea controls how much light gets into the cornea. Cataracts are clouding of the lens, allows less light. The eye communicates with the brain via the optic nerve. Red eye (in photos) is the flash reflecting off the blood vestals in the retina.