Inattentional blindness

discoveries by just looking into the eyes, and therefore the work of an optometrist is somewhat similar to a detective’s investigation. Additionally the work of optometrists has resulted in shaping the lives of numerous individuals. However, unfortunately blindness still affects 90% of humans within developing countries despite the constant advancing technology within the healthcare in the developed world. This has fuelled my urge to study optometry so that one day I can bring about a change as…

many diseases that can be treated using stem cell therapy, for example Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, heart disease, stroke, arthritis, diabetes, burns and spinal cord damage. I have specifically chosen blindness, since I know that it is not easy to treat and cure blindness . Your eyes and, brain have a very important function for seeing. The eye is made up of many different parts, which include the cornea, iris, lens, and retina. All these parts work together to focus on light and…

suffer from a very rare inherited genetic blindness. This blindness is caused from a mutation in the RPE65 gene, which is located in the retina and makes a protein that is critical for normal vision. You inherit two of these genes from your parents. One from your mother and one from your father. This genetic blindness occurs when both the genes that are inherited contain mutations. This is why it is so rare. The patients first see signs of this blindness in infancy. The first thing to occur is…

anticipate in webpage development (Colour Blindness, n.d.). Color Vision Deficiency According to colourblindawareness.org, a UK bases organization dedicated to raising awareness of CVD, colorblindness affects 1 in 200 woman globally (Colour Blindness, n.d.). More strikingly, CVD disproportionately affects approximately 1 in 12 men (Colour Blindness, n.d.). In 2006, it was estimated 280,000,000 world wide stubbled with various forms of CVD (Colour Blindness, n.d.).…

who have the capability to see colour; tend to perceive colours as a part of the everyday norm –unlike some who are incapable to note down the kinds of the colours that they see. Dalton, a chemist, has called this “colour deficiency” or “colour blindness” due to a study conducted of a man who has lost the ability…

How many ways can a person describe color? If someone were to ask you that, what you would say? How can you describe what turquoise or maroon feels like? There are many ways you can answer this. Colors can change the way people visually perceive an the environments that surround them. After harnessing the power of sound in our film, film editors then find ways to apply colors on film. Innovators like Thomas Edison and George Mellie would painstakingly paint on film to give them color and to…

Color Blindness Most humans share the ability to sense and perceive the world in a similar way. However, a select number of people view the world differently than the average person. Some people can visualize the same depth and shape of an object, but they do not see the same color. Color Blindness is the abnormal inability to distinguish different colors, and it can be genetically inherited or caused by a disease or damage to the eye. The human eye is able to perceive differences among…

Heterochromia is a birth defect in which a person’s two eyes are different colors. There are three types of Heterochromia. The three types of Heterochromia are called Sectoral Heterochromia, Central Heterochromia, and Complete Heterochromia. Each type affects the appearance of a person’s eye color in a different way. It can affect anyone, even animals. Additionally, Heterochromia is more common in animals such as cats and dogs. About 6 out of every 1,000 people have Heterochromia. However,…

color perception is, color blindness. People with color blindness are not aware of the differences among colors that are obvious to the rest of us. There are three different types of color blindness that have been identified: Deuteranopia – red-green color blindness, Tritanopia – blue-yellow color blindness and total color blindness (National Eye Institute, 2015). Red-green color deficiencies are by far the most common forms of color blindness, this type of color blindness is found in…

Locke argues that our senses give us knowledge of ‘the existence of things outside us’. How does he argue for this view and do you think his arguments are plausible? If so, why? If not, could they be improved or should they be rejected? Provide an argument to support your view. John Locke was a 17th century English philosopher, who played a crucial role on representing Empiricism. In his well-known essay, Knowledge of the existence of other things, Locke argues that we know the existence of…