How Vision Works

PBS Learning Media
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PBS Learning Media
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Classroom Material
Keywords
NOVA Mystery of the Senses Vision Image Processing Color Motion Form Depth distance Vision Visual Retina Eye Eyes Primary Cortex Relay Optic Nerve Pathway Sight Signal Stimulus Stimuli Red Green Blue Cone Cones Rod Rods Light Wave Change Transduction Black White Shape form Perception Binocular Stereoscopic Two Offset 3D 3-D Dimensional Space Perspective Distance Optical Illusion Trick Trompe l'oeil Vase Face Switch Switching Ambiguous Ambiguity Interpretation Extraction Meaning
Subjects
Science
Grade Levels
Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8 Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12
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How Vision Works

Explore how our eyes receive visual information from the world around us, and how our brain makes sense of it, in this video from NOVA: "Mystery of the Senses: Vision." The video pieces together the components of human visual perception.
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PBS Learning Media

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