Human Eye Physiology Vclav Hlav

History of Eye Understanding

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Plato, 427-347 B.C. Alhazen, Arabic inner fire in the eye philospopher, 965+ emanated ray 1040, idea of pinhole camera Epicurus, 341-270 B.C., replicas of the Jonannes Kepler, object into the mind 1571-1630, knew lens, put it into an Galen, 130-200, initial theory close to physiological current details, rays out and in

Human Visual System

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Visual Areas of the Human Cortex

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A B D

A
B E D F C

Navigation, direction, 5 obstacles Saccade control Pursuit control Understanding, focus, manipulation control Drawing, writing Calculation Categorization

C 3/4 2 1 V1

E F 1 2 3 4

Recognition, objects in context Calculation

Reading Recognition of actions Emotions

Neuron
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Neuron 2
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Visual Fields
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Rabbit

Human

Human Eye cross section 1

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Human Eye cross section 2

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Directional sensitivity
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Retina 1
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Light path

Retina 2
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Retina 3
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Rods and cones

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Light path

Inside the rod and the cone

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Cones under electron microscope

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Response to a light slit

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Iris - smoothing
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