UNSW Handbook Course - Vision Science 3A

Vision Science 3A - VISN3111


	Faculty: Faculty of Science
	School: School of Optometry and Vision Science
	Campus: Kensington Campus
	Career: Undergraduate
	Units of Credit: 6
	EFTSL: 0.125 (more info)
	Contact Hours per Week: 6
	Enrolment Requirements:
	Prerequisite: VISN1211
	Session Offered: See Class Timetable
	Fee Band: (more info)

Description

Note: This course is not offered in 2006. It will be offered from 2008.

Objectives: An understanding of the development and aging of the visual system. The effect of disease on the visual system is briefly discussed.

Brief curriculum: Development of the visual system: embryology of the eye and brain, axon pathfinding, receptive field development, development of the visual cortex, critical periods, plasticity, reorganisation of cortical inputs; Development of vision: spatial vision, colour vision, motion perception, shape perception, binocularity; Ageing: physiology of aging, effect of age on brain function, effect of age on the visual system, effect of age on vision; Effect of disease: the effects of brain injury, retinal disease, refractive error, amblyopia and drugs on visual perception are briefly covered.

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