Learn how your brain recognizes faces and why you sometimes see them in places they don’t exist!
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Head of Research and Chief Accessibility Officer
Light can be a type of pollution. Learn about the damage it causes to people and living things as well as how you can prevent it.
Learn about how human vision works as well as some common types of vision problems.
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Apprenticeship Program Project Manager
How does the human eye see visible light as colour? And why do some people see more colours than others?
The human eye lets us see the world by sending impulses to our nervous system. In many ways, it is very similar to other optical devices, including cameras.
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How is light connected to the colours we see? In this STEAM activity make a colourful light catcher and discover why we see different colours?
Explore the concept of persistence of vision in this hands on activity.