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Vision: Shedding Light on the Eye


Illuminating the Structure of the Eye

  • Reaching the Retina
  • Sending the Message from the Eye to the Brain
  • Processing the Visual Message

    • Color Vision and Color Blindness: The Seven-Million-Color Spectrum


    Key concepts for Module 9:



    Describe the structural components of the eye, the initial processing of light, and adaptation to different light levels.

    Discuss how an image is conveyed from the eye to the brain and the role of feature detection in processing visual information.

    Explain the trichromatic and opponent-process theories and how they account for color vision.





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