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  2. Visual acuity - Wikipedia

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    The definition of 6/6 is somewhat arbitrary, since human eyes typically have higher acuity, as Tscherning writes, "We have found also that the best eyes have a visual acuity which approaches 2, and we can be almost certain that if, with a good illumination, the acuity is only equal to 1, the eye presents defects sufficiently pronounced to be ...

  3. Visual perception - Wikipedia

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    This is different from visual acuity, which refers to how clearly a person sees (for example "20/20 vision"). A person can have problems with visual perceptual processing even if they have 20/20 vision. The resulting perception is also known as vision, sight, or eyesight (adjectives visual, optical, and ocular, respectively).

  4. Optics and vision - Wikipedia

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    Visual perception is the ability to interpret information and surroundings from visible light reaching the eye. The resulting perception is also known as eyesight , sight or vision . The various physiological components involved in vision are referred to collectively as the visual system , and are the focus of much research in psychology ...

  5. Perceptual learning - Wikipedia

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    Laboratory studies reported many examples of dramatic improvements in sensitivities from appropriately structured perceptual learning tasks. In visual Vernier acuity tasks, observers judge whether one line is displaced above or below a second line.

  6. Stimulus modality - Wikipedia

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    For example, the temperature modality is registered after heat or cold stimulate a receptor. Some sensory modalities include: light, sound, temperature, taste, pressure, and smell. The type and location of the sensory receptor activated by the stimulus plays the primary role in coding the sensation. All sensory modalities work together to ...

  7. Cortical magnification - Wikipedia

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    As an example, spatial resolution (i.e. visual acuity) is best in the center of the fovea and lowest in the far periphery. Consequently, visual performance variations across the visual field can often be equalized by enlarging stimuli depending on their location in the visual field by a factor that compensates for cortical magnification, which ...

  8. Oblique effect - Wikipedia

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    This finding is supported by the fact that, among all visual object categories, perception of scenes (both natural and man-made environments) receives more processing benefit from the oblique effect and higher visual acuity for horizontal and vertical contours, due to their unique structure. [10]

  9. Form perception - Wikipedia

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    Form perception is the recognition of visual elements of objects, specifically those to do with shapes, patterns and previously identified important characteristics. An object is perceived by the retina as a two-dimensional image, [1] but the image can vary for the same object in terms of the context with which it is viewed, the apparent size of the object, the angle from which it is viewed ...