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Visual Perception
A rule that is applied to visual information to assist organisation and interpretation of the informations in a consistent and meaningful way.
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Psychology
11th Grade
04/15/2013

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Aqueous Humour
Definition
A watery fluid that helps to maintain the shape of the eye. It also provides nutrients and oxygen to the eye as well as carrying away waste products.
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Ciliary Muscle
Definition
Muscles that expand and contract to enable the lens to bulge to focus on nearby objects and flatten to focus on distant objects.
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Cornea
Definition
a transparent covering that protects the eye and helps to focus light rays on the retina.
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Iris
Definition
A ring of muscles which expand and contract to change the size of the pupil and to control the amount of light entering the eye.
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Blind spot
Definition
A small portion of the visual field of each eye that that is infront of the optic nerve.
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Lens
Definition
It helps to focus light onto the retina which adjusts shape according to the distance of the object being viewed.
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Optic nerve
Definition
It takes the image to the brain from the reatina though the optic nerve.
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Pupil
Definition
An opening of the iris that helps control the amount of light entering the eye.
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Retina
Definition
The retina receives and absorbs light it also processes images. It is connected to the brain by the optic nerve.
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Vitreous humour
Definition
Jelly like substance that helps maintain the shape of the eye and helps to focus light.
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Gestalt Principles
Definition
refers to the ways in which we organise the features of a visual scene by grouping them to perceive a whole, complete form
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Figure ground
Definition
dividing the visuals into a figure which stands out from the back ground.
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Closure
Definition
To mentally close up, ignore and fill in the gaps in an image to see the object as complete.
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Similarity
Definition
To see parts as a whole image that have similar features (such as size, texture, shape and colour)
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Proximity
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Is to see parts of an image which are positioned close together as belonging together.
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