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  2. Vernier acuity - Wikipedia

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    Vernier acuity is measured by asking participants to judge the offset between two parallel line segments with both eyes (binocular vision) or with each eye individually (monocular vision). [ 10 ] Vernier measures in infants and non-verbal children can be done using the preferential-looking technique [ 11 ] or by electrophysiological techniques.

  3. Vernier scale - Wikipedia

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    A vernier scale (/ v ə r ˈ n iː ˈ ə r / ver-NEE-er), named after Pierre Vernier, is a visual aid to take an accurate measurement reading between two graduation markings on a linear scale by using mechanical interpolation, thereby increasing resolution and reducing measurement uncertainty by using vernier acuity to reduce human estimation ...

  4. Hyperacuity - Wikipedia

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    Ewald Hering's model, published 1899, of how a Vernier acuity stimulus is coded by a receptor array. Receptors marked c signal a different position code along the horizontal direction from either the position a code or the position b code. [1] The sharpness of our senses is defined by the finest detail we can discriminate.

  5. Visual acuity - Wikipedia

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    Because the limit of vernier acuity is well below that imposed on regular visual acuity by the "retinal grain" or size of the foveal cones, it is thought to be a process of the visual cortex rather than the retina. Supporting this idea, vernier acuity seems to correspond very closely (and may have the same underlying mechanism) enabling one to ...

  6. Preferential hyperacuity perimetry - Wikipedia

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    PHP takes advantage of visual hyperacuity, also known as vernier acuity—the ability to identify the misalignment of visual objects. Visual hyperacuity is at least 10 times more sensitive than visual acuity , the ability to separate between distinct objects. [ 4 ]

  7. Perceptual learning - Wikipedia

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    In visual Vernier acuity tasks, observers judge whether one line is displaced above or below a second line. Untrained observers are often already very good with this task, but after training, observers' threshold has been shown to improve as much as 6 fold.

  8. Solar eclipse myths explained: What to know about eclipse ...

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    With the solar eclipse buzz at its peak, misconceptions follow. So how can you tell eclipse fact from eclipse fiction? You rely on the experts.

  9. Pregnancy test - Wikipedia

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    A pregnancy test is used to determine whether a female is pregnant or not. The two primary methods are testing for the female pregnancy hormone (human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG)) in blood or urine using a pregnancy test kit, and scanning with ultrasonography. [1] Testing blood for hCG results in the earliest detection of pregnancy. [2]