Abstract
Considerable information may be gleaned from the vast neuroscientific literature regarding the functionality (and limitations) of the Human Visual System (HVS). It is often possible to qualitatively predict observed psychophysical results by studying the underlying visual “hardware”. For example, visual spatial acuity may be roughly estimated from knowledge of the distribution of retinal photoreceptors. Other characteristics of human vision may also be estimated from the neural organization of deeper brain structures.
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Duchowski, A.T. (2003). Neurological Substrate of the HVS. In: Eye Tracking Methodology: Theory and Practice. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-3750-4_2
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