Illustrations from: Basic Vision: An Introduction to Visual Perception, by Robert Snowden, Peter Thompson & Tom Troscianko, Oxford University Press (2006)
.png "The Physical World - Our senses can only give us a rough idea of specific aspects of the visual world")
The Physical World
Our senses can only give us a rough idea of specific aspects of the visual world
.png "Short-sighted -")
Short-sighted
.png "Dyslexia - A dyslexic man comes to a Toga party dressed as a goat")
Dyslexia
A dyslexic man comes to a Toga party dressed as a goat
.png "Lazy Cartoonist - The human brain can turn two dots with a line below them into a human face with expressions")
Lazy Cartoonist
The human brain can turn two dots with a line below them into a human face with expressions
.png "Missing the Big Things -")
Missing the Big Things
.png "The Grandmother Cell - A hypothetical neuron that is associated directly with a complex and specific concept or object")
The Grandmother Cell
A hypothetical neuron that is associated directly with a complex and specific concept or object
.png "One-Ton Brain - Selective pressures can only drive our brains to a certain size before other factors in the balance outweigh the advantages")
One-Ton Brain
Selective pressures can only drive our brains to a certain size before other factors in the balance outweigh the advantages
.png "Size After Effect -")
Size After Effect
.png "Retinal vs Real Size - 'Those people look like ants from up here': An ant close up can be the same size on your retina as a person far away")
Retinal vs Real Size
'Those people look like ants from up here': An ant close up can be the same size on your retina as a person far away
.png "Percy Pond Creature - The selective advantages of the evolution of new photoreceptors in tetrapods - the ability to distinguish objects by reflected spectrum in addition to illumination")
Percy Pond Creature
The selective advantages of the evolution of new photoreceptors in tetrapods - the ability to distinguish objects by reflected spectrum in addition to illumination
.png "Raging Bull in Blue-Yellow - Bulls are colour-blind and can only see in blue-yellow channels, so can't distinguish the matador's red cloth (muleta) from other red or green objects")
Raging Bull in Blue-Yellow
Bulls are colour-blind and can only see in blue-yellow channels, so can't distinguish the matador's red cloth (muleta) from other red or green objects
.png "Helmholtz vs Sherrington -")
Helmholtz vs Sherrington
.jpg "The Physical World - Our senses can only give us a rough idea of specific aspects of the visual world")
.jpg "Short-sighted -")
.jpg "Dyslexia - A dyslexic man comes to a Toga party dressed as a goat")
.jpg "Lazy Cartoonist - The human brain can turn two dots with a line below them into a human face with expressions")
.jpg "Missing the Big Things -")
.jpg "The Grandmother Cell - A hypothetical neuron that is associated directly with a complex and specific concept or object")
.jpg "One-Ton Brain - Selective pressures can only drive our brains to a certain size before other factors in the balance outweigh the advantages")
.jpg "Size After Effect -")
.jpg "Retinal vs Real Size - 'Those people look like ants from up here': An ant close up can be the same size on your retina as a person far away")
.jpg "Percy Pond Creature - The selective advantages of the evolution of new photoreceptors in tetrapods - the ability to distinguish objects by reflected spectrum in addition to illumination")
.jpg "Raging Bull in Blue-Yellow - Bulls are colour-blind and can only see in blue-yellow channels, so can't distinguish the matador's red cloth (muleta) from other red or green objects")
.jpg "Helmholtz vs Sherrington -")