Visual Perception Sensitivity

4 credits · Graduate

This course will provide a fundamental understanding of visual processing, so students will be able to (1) understand the limitations of the clinical procedures in an eye exam;(2) address patients’ complaints and symptoms. Content covered includes psychophysical basis for clinical tests in acuity, perimetry, and color vision. The visual stimulus and photometry. Visual receptors, psychophysical methods and visual threshold, light sensitivity, contrast sensitivity, light and dark adaptation, temporal and spatial properties of visual function, color vision, visual illusion, how visual perception changes with age and disease, and the basis for advanced diagnostic procedures.