Vision disorder
Encyclopedia
A vision disorder is an impairment of the sense of vision
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It is not the same as an eye disease. Although many vision disorders are due have their immediate cause in the eye, there are many other causes that may occur at other locations in the optic pathway. See visual field
Visual perception
Visual perception is the ability to interpret information and surroundings from the effects of visible light reaching the eye. The resulting perception is also known as eyesight, sight, or vision...
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It is not the same as an eye disease. Although many vision disorders are due have their immediate cause in the eye, there are many other causes that may occur at other locations in the optic pathway. See visual field
Visual field
The term visual field is sometimes used as a synonym to field of view, though they do not designate the same thing. The visual field is the "spatial array of visual sensations available to observation in introspectionist psychological experiments", while 'field of view' "refers to the physical...
Epidemiology
External links
- http://www.schepens.harvard.edu/about_the_eye/vision_disorder_simulations.html