From the eye to the brain

Learning objectives

To observe the perception of visual information and the propagation of neural messages from the eye to the visual area of the cerebral cortex, via the optic nerve.
To observe the beginnings of sensory messages at the level of the photoreceptive cells of the retina.

This animation illustrates the process of visual perception from the level of the eye to that of the brain.

Click on [zoom-plus] to zoom in on a part of the retina.