Human Eye Physiology

Václav Hlaváč
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
 Epicurus, 341-270 pinhole camera
B.C., replicas of the  Jonannes Kepler,
object into the mind 1571-1630, knew
 Galen, 130-200, lens, put it into an
physiological initial theory close
details, rays out and to current
in
Human Visual System
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Visual Areas of the Human Cortex
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 A Navigation, direction, 5
A obstacles
B
B Saccade control
D  F
C Pursuit control
E
D Understanding, focus,
manipulation control
C E Drawing, writing
3/4 V1 F Calculation
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2 1 Categorization
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Recognition,
objects in context
3 Calculation
4 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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