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The Eyeball and How it Sends Information to the Brain
The Eyeball and How it Sends Information to the Brain
April 14-15, 2020
How the Eye Works
How the Eye Works
The Visual System: How Your Eye Works
The Visual System: How Your Eye Works
Read Along
Read Along
Visual Encyclopedia of the Human Body
Pages 208-09
National Geographic Kids
How Does the Eye See What It Looks At?
How Does the Eye See What It Looks At?
April 16, 2020
So now that visual information has made it into your brain, how do we move past "looking" to really see what's in front of us?
And which one's more important in this process -- the body, or the brain?
Check out these videos and readings to find out more about the two, and how they work together to help us understand the world around us!
Visual Processing
Visual Processing
When we talk about "visual processing," that actually breaks down into a number of individual neurocognitive skills -- each of which can be trained! Occupational therapists with special training in visual processing can conduct data-validated assessments of how well you perform each of these skills, and design a course of exercises to gradually train the brain to do it "better," through neuroplasticity. As we go along, we'll fill out our understanding of the six basic types of visual processing here...
Visual Perceptual
Visual Perceptual
Read Along
Read Along
Visual Encyclopedia of the Human Body page 210-13
Visual Processing: https://www.brainfacts.org/thinking-sensing-and-behaving/vision/2012/vision-processing-information
Come "See" What Our Students Have to Say!
Come "See" What Our Students Have to Say!
More to Explore!
More to Explore!
Capturing and Processing Visual Information
Capturing and Processing Visual Information
Find out more about the nitty-gritty of how information travels to the brain, and what the brain does with it once it arrives!
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