Eye openers exploring optical illusions
eye openers exploring optical illusions
museum of
Vision
eye openers exploring optical illusions
museum of
Vision
THE MISSION OF THE MUSEUM OF VISION IS TO E D U C AT E P E O P L E A B O U T T H E E Y E A N D V I S I O N .
The Museum has a variety of resources for people who are curious about our most important sense--vision. ? A collection of over 10,000 vision-related objects, dating from the 300 BC to the present ? Interactive public outreach programs for children ? Traveling Exhibitions For more information, contact: Museum of Vision at 415-561-8500
?2000 by the Museum of Vision Foundation of the American Academy of Ophthalmology
655 Beach Street, San Francisco, CA 94109-1336
contents EYE OPENERS
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 1:
HOW WE SEE; THE EYE AND THE
HUMAN VISUAL SYSTEM
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Key Concepts
Parts of the Eye
7
2C H A P T E R 2 :
How do You See? How does the Eye Focus? Activities Name the Parts Draw Your Eye
BINOCULAR VISION
Activities Different Views Hole-in-Your-Hand
8 9
10 11
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13 15
Find Your Blind Spot
17
CHAPTER 3:
THE EYE-BRAIN CONNECTION
20
Activities
7 Optical Illusions
21
#1:Train Tracks
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#2: Rotating Staircase
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#3: Barrel
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#4: Kissing Lovebirds
25
#5: Smiling Frogs
26
#6:Two Straws
27
#7:Two Flowers
28
CHAPTER 4:
PERSISTENCE OF VISION
30
Activities
Make a Spinning Disc (Thaumatrope)
31
Make a Flipbook
35
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INTRODUCTION
O ptical illusions are pictures that play tricks on your eyes and confuse your brain. They are an enjoyable way of learning about the science of vision as well as a playful reminder that our assumptions about the visual world can sometimes be deceptive. The optical illusions in this book illustrate three fascinating aspects of the human visual system: binocular vision, the eye-brain connection, and persistence of vision. Can you believe your eyes? Not always.You will discover that some optical illusions trick us because we have two eyes (binocular vision). Others are the result of our brain remembering one thing while our eyes are seeing another (the eye-brain connection). Still other illusions happen because we think we still see an object after it has disappeared from view (persistence of vision). How to use this book. The first chapter of this book is an introduction to the eye and the human visual system. Each of the following three chapters focuses on binocular vision, the eye-brain connection, and persistence of
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