Development and Aging of the Visual System - VISN3111
Faculty: Faculty of Science
School: School of Optometry and Vision Science
Course Outline: http://www.optometry.unsw.edu.au
Campus: Sydney
Career: Undergraduate
Units of Credit: 6
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 6
Enrolment Requirements:
Prerequisite: VISN2211
CSS Contribution Charge: 2 (more info)
Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule
Further Information: See Class Timetable
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Description
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.