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Handbook 1997 : Faculty of Science : Optometry

655-221 Human Visual Functions

Credit Points:

12.5

Coordinator:

Professor B L Cole

Prerequisite/s:

Biology 600-141 and 600-142 (Before 1996: Biology 600-101).

Timetable:

Semester 1

Contact:

26 lectures (2 per week), 39 hours practical (3 hours per week)

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%).

Prescribed Texts:

  • Davson, H, Physiology of the Eye, 5th Ed 1990 Mosby.
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