Eyes Definition and 127 Threads

Recently, I was reading through a psychology textbook (Introduction to Psychology, James W. Kalat, 7th edition) and it mentions that when we see something using our eyes, energy goes into our eyes and energy does not come out of our eyes. Is this true? Based on what I know, light is a form of...

ooohweee..I so love this stuff! Scorned Woman Hot Sauce http://store1.yimg.com/I/hotsauceworld_1866_28001317 I like Tabasco and Red Rooster sauce,too. What else is good?

So there i was sitting there minding my own business. I turn my head towards this window and i blink my eyes and i swear right as my eyes were closing, i thought i saw some lightning. Now of course, its been a clear day, no clouds... so I am assuming it was just my eyes blinking. Well 5...

Are all babies born with blue eyes? I don't think they are, but my friend said he was told that they were, so I wanted to find out whether they were or not, thanks

I'm watching a program on discovery channel now about a girl in russain bloc who can actually, get this, see through people and diagnoise their problems! She lives in poverty, and people come to her from all over russia for help since some of the doctors there cannot help her. Has anyone else...

Everyone knows onions make you cry :cry: , but do they actually do any damage to your eyes? How can one stop their eyes from getting sore when cutting up these cruel vegetables?

I think everyone at GD is waiting for the :puppyeyes: and :groan: smileys... I also think we need a :blank: smiley: EDIT- whoops! this is supposed to be in feedback and announcements

When I close my eyes I see random patterns of yellow whitish light. Does anyone know why this happens. I am guesing it could be random patterns of firing by rods and cones but it also could be activity in other areas of the visual pathway. Also does anyone know what level of the visual system...

What might cause this to happen? Any advise?

what if our eyes can see all range of em waves, from radio waves to gamma rays? will life look more beautiful because we see more colours? i cannot imagine myself looking at colours i never saw. :rolleyes:

Can you please post pictures (Preferrably close-ups but they don't have to be) of natural (Not man-made) green eyes in this thread (I need them for a school project I am doing on genetics) and I am having trouble finding close-ups of ones that I know are natural) (If the pictures look really...

I have had a few people say, turn on a light when your on the computer, or your going to ruin your eyes. I have spent the last 10 years behind a computer screen never with a light on. My eyes are perfectly fine. When I went for drivers license i for 20/20 and the smallest font size was...

I want to no what med there is good for eyes ? tnx sincely ur o:)

Color Temperature Difference between eyes?? My right eye views color temperature than the left. One eye open at a time then switching shows a difference. When both eyes are open my viewing image looks even and nice. Whats the deal with that anyhow? Anybody else have that same issue? well...

Can someone tell me how fast the human eye can capture an image?and how fast it can notice a change, " notice a pinprick of light", for instance. :smile:

is there something wrong with my eyes? :eek: Can anyone else see a difference in the last 6 'colours' in this set: http://www.toledo-bend.com/colorblind/WhiteChart.html Cheers K_

Wouldn't it be weird to see the universe as a photon sees it? I mean, assuming that photons think they're traveling in a straight line(of course photons don't think!) and traveling at c the whole time, the world would look really strange. Pools would be a lot deeper, mirrors would be warped to...

Thru the eyes of a Iraqi - seeing the truth. An Iraqi policeman during antiterrorism protests: http://healingiraq.blogspot.com/02.jpg "Terrorism is humanity's shame" http://healingiraq.blogspot.com/04.jpg "Our People are for the reconstruction" http://healingiraq.blogspot.com/19.jpg...

This link is from a touchingly lucid essay written by a twelve year old. the title is " WHO ARE THE TERRORIST NOW? " here: http://debateusa.com/featured/hull_richter.htm

A question for Monique and anyone else who knows this material... Everyone born into my family has blue or grey eyes. Even when my mother's sister married a brown-eyed man, their children had blue eyes. Every single person born into our family has eyes of some shade of blue. Now, I don't...

http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/space/11/06/lunar.eclipse.ap/index.html And some other astronomy news in the news of late. https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=8238 and https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=7946 There has been so much going on...

I saw a program about two serious studies done to test the notion that people can tell when someone is behind them looking at them. One study was conducted by a woman who explained to the volunteers that the point of the study was to show there was something to it. The other study was conducted...

"ALEXANDRA GILL suspends her disbelief and tests a British scientist's theory that we really can tell when someone's watching us" http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20030809/FCSHEL/TPScience/ Please bare in mind that as with all news links, I am only posting FYI...

[SOLVED] For American Eyes Only If the war on Iraq were an action movie, I think the trailer slogan would go something like this: GULF WAR II: the good guys just got bad! or They tried to take his oil, they tried to kill his father, they made him think they were making bombs... now...

ugh. what an unintentionally poetically lame subject line, but its true. my own tears sting my eye balls, and this has been the case for the past few years now. is this normal? what could be wrong?

Why do onions irritate your eyes?

I was watching Bush's comments on the attack yesterday evening, is it me or does he actually blink everytime he says a significant word (in between there is this iron stare) .. conscious or unconscious blinking.. I thought it was really weird :)