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Credit points: 12.5
Coordinator: Professor B L Cole
Prerequisite: Biology 600-141 and 600-142 (Before 1996: Biology 600-101)
Contact: 26 lectures (2 per week), 39 hours practical (3 hours per week)
Timetable: First semester
Objectives:
On completion of this subject students will:
- have a thorough understanding of the capabilities of the human visual system;
- be familiar with the classical theories of visual function;
- have the skills to measure a range of visual functions;
- understand classical visual psychophysical methodology.
Content:
Specification of the visual stimulus, the radiometric and photometric quantities. The light sense: spectral luminous efficiency, light and dark adaptation, increment thresholds. Temporal resolution. The form sense: visual acuity and the CSF. The colour sense: specification of colour, colour discriminations, theories of colour vision. Perception of visual space: sense of direction, binocular correspondence and the horopter, fusion and stereopsis.
Assessment:
A three hour written examination at the end of the semester. Practical work (15 per cent)
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Handbook 1996 : Faculty of Science (Volume 4 page 219)
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