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Perception of distant lights without glasses
I am fairly short-sighted and wear glasses pretty much all the time. Naively, I would expect that when I take my glasses off, the image I see should look very much the same as as a photograph that's ...
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What is the brightest color a light source that only emits blue frequency light can achieve?
Let's say there is a luminous light bulb that only emits blue light, and you (or a camera if you prefer) look at it from a close distance. Will the maximum brightness perceived not have any "white" to ...
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Does coloring affect the perception of depth?
I have a question about the mechanics of human vision which may be as much of a physics question as it is a biology/physiology question. I noticed that if I try to imagine a clear blue daytime sky ...
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How do we know the brain flips images projected on the retina back around?
Why do we turn images upside down again rather than dealing with them directly, still vertically rotated after passing through our lens?
I don't see how that would cause any problems, and how we'd ...
