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  2. The dress - Wikipedia

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    The dress. The dress was a 2015 online viral phenomenon centred on a photograph of a dress. Viewers disagreed on whether the dress was blue and black, or white and gold. The phenomenon revealed differences in human colour perception and became the subject of scientific investigations into neuroscience and vision science .

  3. List of optical illusions - Wikipedia

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    The dress: An optical illusion resulting from the brain's attempt to discount coloured tinting from daylight and other sources. [1] The dress was a viral phenomenon, which was either seen as blue and black or as white and gold. Its true colours were eventually confirmed to be blue and black. [2] Ebbinghaus illusion

  4. Pseudoexfoliation syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Specialty. Ophthalmology. Pseudoexfoliation syndrome, often abbreviated as PEX[ 1] and sometimes as PES or PXS, is an aging-related systemic disease manifesting itself primarily in the eyes which is characterized by the accumulation of microscopic granular amyloid-like protein fibers. [ 2] Its cause is unknown, although there is speculation ...

  5. Secondary glaucoma - Wikipedia

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    Secondary glaucoma is a collection of progressive optic nerve disorders associated with a rise in intraocular pressure (IOP) which results in the loss of vision. In clinical settings, it is defined as the occurrence of IOP above 21 mmHg requiring the prescription of IOP-managing drugs. [1] It can be broadly divided into two subtypes: secondary ...

  6. Glaucoma - Wikipedia

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    Glaucoma is a group of eye diseases that lead to damage of the optic nerve, which transmits visual information from the eye to the brain. Glaucoma may cause vision loss if left untreated. It has been called the "silent thief of sight" because the loss of vision usually occurs slowly over a long period of time. [ 5 ]

  7. Amaurosis fugax - Wikipedia

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    The experience of amaurosis fugax is classically described as a temporary loss of vision in one or both eyes that appears as a "black curtain coming down vertically into the field of vision in one eye;" however, this altitudinal visual loss is not the most common form. In one study, only 23.8 percent of patients with transient monocular vision ...

  8. Visual field test - Wikipedia

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    28629-4. A visual field test is an eye examination that can detect dysfunction in central and peripheral vision which may be caused by various medical conditions such as glaucoma, stroke, pituitary disease, brain tumours or other neurological deficits. Visual field testing can be performed clinically by keeping the subject's gaze fixed while ...

  9. Ocular tonometry - Wikipedia

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    Ocular tonometry. Tonometry is the procedure that eye care professionals perform to determine the intraocular pressure (IOP), the fluid pressure inside the eye. It is an important test in the evaluation of patients at risk from glaucoma. [ 1] Most tonometers are calibrated to measure pressure in millimeters of mercury ( mmHg ), with the normal ...