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  2. Evolution of the eye - Wikipedia

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    Eyes and other sensory organs probably evolved before the brain: There is no need for an information-processing organ (brain) before there is information to process. [21] A living example are cubozoan jellyfish that possess eyes comparable to vertebrate and cephalopod camera eyes despite lacking a brain. [22]

  3. Optography - Wikipedia

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    Optography is the process of viewing or retrieving an optogram, an image on the retina of the eye. A belief that the eye "recorded" the last image seen before death was widespread in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and was a frequent plot device in fiction of the time, to the extent that police photographed the victims' eyes in several ...

  4. Near-death experience - Wikipedia

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    Receiving a life review, commonly referred to as "seeing one's life flash before one's eyes". [6] Approaching a border or a decision by oneself or others to return to one's body, often accompanied by a reluctance to return. [6] [22] Suddenly finding oneself back inside one's body. [24]

  5. The Act of Seeing with One's Own Eyes - Wikipedia

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    The film documented the highly graphic autopsy procedures used by forensic pathologists, such as the removal of organs and the embalming process. [1] The film is part of Brakhage's "Pittsburgh trilogy", [2] a trio of documentary films Brakhage made about the city's institutions in 1971. The other two films are entitled Eyes and Deus Ex. These ...

  6. Anisometropia - Wikipedia

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    [2] [3] Patients may have up to 3 diopters of anisometropia before the condition becomes clinically significant due to headache, eye strain, double vision or photophobia. [ 4 ] In certain types of anisometropia, the visual cortex of the brain cannot process images from both eyes simultaneously ( binocular summation ), but will instead suppress ...

  7. Belongingness - Wikipedia

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    Those who believe that the need to belong is the major psychological drive also believe that humans are naturally driven toward establishing and sustaining relationships and belongingness. For example, interactions with strangers are potential first steps towards developing non-hostile and more long-term connections which can satisfy one’s ...

  8. Autoenucleation - Wikipedia

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    Thomas said he ingested his eye to prevent the federal government of the United States from reading his thoughts. [8] On February 6, 2018, a 20-year old American, Kaylee Muthart, received national attention after she gouged both her eyes out while high on methamphetamine, believing that "sacrificing her eyes [would] save the world". [9]

  9. Terminal lucidity - Wikipedia

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    Terminal lucidity (also known as rallying, terminal rally, the rally, end-of-life-experience, energy surge, the surge, or pre-mortem surge) [1] is an unexpected return of consciousness, mental clarity or memory shortly before death in individuals with severe psychiatric or neurological disorders.