Chloe Tam

Monday, 23 March 2020

Senses L1

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Human Senses

Sense Sense Organ Stimulus

Sight Eyes Light waves

Hearing Ears Sound waves and Motion

Smell and Taste Nose Airborne chemicals

Taste Tongue Dissolved chemicals

Touch, Pressure and Skin Touch, Pressure, Pain,

Temperature Temperature

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Experiment 1: The Blind Spot

I discovered that when I covered my right eye to look at the + sign, as I moved closer, the dot on the left
slowly disappeared, and same for when I covered my left eye to look at the dot. This is because when the
dot disappears from our visual field, the dot has fallen on the ‘blind spot’, a ‘weak’ spot in our visual
field. The blind spot is the area on the retina without receptors that respond to light. Therefore an image
that falls on this region will not be seen. It is in this region that the optic nerve exits the eye on its way to
the brain.

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Experiment 2: Binocular Vision: Eye Dominance

My dominant eye: right eye

My dominant eye (right) was used to line up the pencil with the vertical object (my window), so when I
closed my right eye to look at it with my left eye, the image shifted to the right, ‘jumping’ across my
visual field. This is because the eye that was aligning the pencil and the window is no longer in use.
When I closed my left eye again, I did not see a ‘jump’.

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Experiment 3: Binocular Vision: Depth Perception

I chose to do Procedure 2. When I only used one eye to look at what I was doing with the pencils, I had to
move my hands around for the pencils to touch. I also used my hearing to hear if the pencils ‘clicked’
together. It took a reasonably longer time than when I opened both eyes. When I opened both my eyes to
touch the pencils together, I immediately touched the pencils together without ‘feeling around’. Depth
perception allows us to see in 3 dimensions. I think this is because we can see depth when we use both
our eyes, which allows us to predict how far or close an object is away or towards us. This is because the
images we take from both our eyes pick up slightly different information. Our brain detects the
differences and allows us to see depth. But when we use only one eye, we can only see in 2 dimensions.

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Experiment 4: Eye and Hand Coordination

Time to complete the drawing(s) Comments

Practice Drawing L/R The most accurate hand was my right hand, and the final trial took
the least time. I took less time to complete the drawing for both
4.64s 7.01s hands as I did more trials.

Right Left

4.21s 6.59s

3.97s 5.73s

3.42s 5.09s

I think I took less time when I did more and more trials because when I practice, I will get better and take
less time, for both hands. I also found that my dominant writing hand (right hand) is more accurate and
takes less time than my less dominant hand (left hand). The reason for the above findings is that hand-eye
coordination comes from practice. The better muscle memory you have, the easier it is to complete a task.
Practice makes perfect!