Group Members: Erin LaCoe, Lauren Camera,
Traci Frable, and Karen Dilsizian
Discussion on how to find your Dominant Eye: (Taken
From Dominant Eye)
Discover Your Dominant Eye
1. Select an object that is a few feet away from you.
2. Stare at the object and then point to the object using your index finger.
3. When your eyes are focused on the object and not on your finger, you
will see two blurry fingers in your line of sight.
4. Now, close one eye and then close the other eye.
You will notice that with one of your eyes closed, your index finger will
point exactly at the object, however, when the other eye is closed, your
finger will point at an area slightly shifted to the side of the object.
The eye withwhich you see your index finger pointing exactly at the object
is your "Dominant Eye."
Finding your blind spot: from the Website
Finding
your blind spot.
Place a small "x" on the right-hand side
of a piece of plain typing paper. This will serve as a fixation mark.
Place a small filled circle on the left-hand side, about 5 inches from the
"x". Close yourright eye, and use your left eye to stare directly at
the fixation cross, holding it such that the spot to the left of fixation
is at the same level as the fixation cross. Move the paper slowly toward
and away from your left eye, all the while holding your gaze steady on the
fixation cross. At some distance (about 18") you will witness that
the right-hand spot disappears. It has fallen into your blind spot.
How large is your blind spot? Hold your paper in the position where the
right-hand spot has disappeared, and use a small probe, like a pencil point,
to map the extent of your blind spot. Do this by initially situating the
probe well within the blind spot, and then move it in a variety of directions
(left, right, up, down, etc.) until the probe just becomes visible again:
mark that spot.
Tinkle Twinkle Litttle Star....
Have you ever noticed that it is easy to see a star in the sky by NOT
looking directly at it? It is actually easier to see a dim star at night
by looking a bit off to the side of it. Try it! This is because the two types
of photoreceptors (rods and cones) in the retina perform different functions
and are located in the retina in different locations. The cones, which are
best for detail and color vision, are in highest concentration in the center
of the retina. The rods, which work better in dim light, are in highest concentration
in the sides of the retina. So if you look "off-center" at the star, its
image will fall on an area of the retina that has more rods! To learn more go Eric H. Chudler's home page below.
Links:
Univserity
of Scranton Kid's Judge Page
Click here to enter Eric H. Chudler's Link of Visual Illusions
Also link to Eric H. Chudler's Vision Page to do more experiments invovling
the eye at home.
Vision Page