Professor Joseph Lyons explains the functions of the eye and the brain in perception, how the brain collates information about distance, perspective and movement. A variety of ingenious film techniques are used to illustrate visual illusions.
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ACMI Identifier
321863
Language
English
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Optical illusion
Crafts & Visual Arts → Optical illusion
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Biology - Study and teaching
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Eye - Movements
Educational & Instructional → Educational films
Educational & Instructional → Instructional
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Eye - Human anatomy
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Eye - Movements
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Human physiology
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Vision
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Biology - Study and teaching
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Human biology
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Optical illusion
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Optics
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)