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Introduction to Vision

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According to a definition by Kepler [11], vision occurs when a part of the surrounding world is projected upon the retina of the eye. That there is such a projection was demonstrated by Aranzio (1587), Scheiner [24], and Descartes [4], who observed the presence of an image on the retina by dissecting away a window in the sclera and pigment layer at the back of an excised eye (Figs. 37.1–3). Analogies became obvious between this image and that in a camera obscura, which had been in vogue as a scientific and artistic diversion for about a century.

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  1. Physiologisches Institut, Universität Freiburg, Hermann-Herder-Str. 7, 79104, Freiburg, Germany

    Rainer Greger

  2. Faculty of Medicine, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Calgary, 3330 Hospital Drive N.W., T2N 4N1, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

    Uwe Windhorst

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Mommaerts, W.F.H.M. (1996). Introduction to Vision. In: Greger, R., Windhorst, U. (eds) Comprehensive Human Physiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-60946-6_38

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