How Does the Eye See?

We received an inquiry from a student about the shape of the human field of vision. The following Web sites provide information about this.

• How We See: The First Steps of Human Vision
  http://www.accessexcellence.org/AE/AEC/CC/vision_background.html
• Newton’s Apple teacher guides: Human Eye. How does the human eye see? How does the eyeball work? http://www.newtonsapple.tv/TeacherGuide.php?id=1539
• Sensitivity for global shape detection
  http://journalofvision.org/3/10/4/article.aspx
• Glossary of Lasik Laser Eye Surgery Related Terms
  http://www.usaeyes.org/glossary/glossary.htm
• What do dogs see? http://www.inkabijou.co.uk/see.htm

Anthropometric Methods: Designing to Fit the Human Body (Monographs in Human Factors and Ergonomics) by John A. Jr. Roebuck

BSR/HFES100 Human Factors Engineering of Computer Workstations The 2002 draft is undergoing canvass review in order to be considered as a new American national standard and is available to interested parties.