Abnormal Microsaccades Affect Individuals Health And Function

Vision and Perception 1. Vision and Perception
a. Define sensation and perception. How are these related? How are they distinct?
b. Briefly describe the visual system and how visual sensation becomes perception.
c. What are microsaccades? What do they do and how do they work?
d. How can abnormal microsaccades affect individuals’ health and functioning?
e. Conde & Macknik (2011) Shifting focus; Myers (2011) Module 14

Vision and Perception 1

Vision and Perception
DeVante Reid
11/05/12
Kaleb T. Embaugh
Introduction to Psychology
Fall 2012

Vision and Perception 2 The topic I have chosen to write about is vision and perception. I’ve found this interesting because when reading I’ve learned small things that I didn’t already know. I’m going to get into perception, and
The article also states that abnormal micro-saccades could lead to a disease, a disease that is similar to Parkinson’s disease called PSP – Progressive Supranuclear Palsy. PSP affects the brain, which makes the body lose control, like Parkinson’s; a person may get a jitter or twitch at times. PSP and Parkinson’s are so much alike that PSP is sometimes misdiagnosed, and that could cause a serious problem. The standard treatment for Parkinson’s disease does not help PSP. This concludes my essay. I’ve talked about everything that I thought was important, facts that I thought were meaningful such as, perception, saccades, micro-saccades, abnormal micro-saccades, intensity, and light wavelengths. Overall the most valuable lesson was the eyes are important, and there are small things of the eyes that people probably don’t cherish because they don’t know about them, and I believe I have made my essay simple enough for people to