bundle of nerve cells that leads out from the retina at the back of the eye. It carries information from the rods and cones to the brain.
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the cross-shape where some information from the left and right eye crosses over to pass into the opposite sides of the brain
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the area at the back of the brain that interprets visual information.
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the visual 'clues' that we use to understand depth or distance
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information about distance that comes from one eye, such as superimposition, relative size, texture gradient, linear perspective and height in the plane.
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information about distance that comes from two eyes, such as stereopsis.
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we perceive an object as the same size even when its distance from us changes
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smaller objects are perceived as further away than larger ones
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an area with a detailed pattern is perceived to be nearer than one with less detail
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objects closer to the horizon are perceived to be more distant than ones below to above the horizon
