Finding Your Blind Spot and Perceptual Filling-in

Source: Laboratory of Jonathan Flombaum—Johns Hopkins University

In the back of everyone's eye is a small piece of neural tissue called the retina. The retina has photosensitive cells that respond to stimulation by light. The responses of these cells are sent into the brain through the optic nerve...

To understand how the brain creates a perceptual experience?a representation of a person?s surroundings that involve sights?researchers may study an area in the visual field called the blind spot.

Normally, light reflected off of objects enters the eye, and is focused on the retina?a piece of neural tissue positioned at the back?where phot...