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Discussion on Monocular Vision
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Posted on Tuesday, Apr 27, 1999 - 8:55 pm:
How would you define monocular vision? (I need it for my 4-H book)
Thanks
Laura
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Posted on Tuesday, Apr 27, 1999 - 8:59 pm:
Monocular refers to seeing with one eye:
Mono=1
bi=2 (binocular seeing with two eyes)
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Posted on Tuesday, Apr 27, 1999 - 9:16 pm:
I know it means seeing with one eye-thanks, though, for the answer, and I hope I don't sound rude, cause I'm not trying to-but I was wondering how to define it. I read somewhere that horses' vision is classified as monocular, so I was wondering how to define how horses see, I guess. Hope I'm not confusing you. But, ARE horses' vision like monocular vision? :)
Thanks
Laura
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Posted on Wednesday, Apr 28, 1999 - 3:11 pm:
As I understand it, not exactly. Because of the way the horses eyes are placed on the head they can see a wider field of vision then people. There is a small area to the front that can be seen with both eyes. The downside of monocular vision is that there can be no depth perception. Those with binocular vision use the two slightly different images to judge distance. Instead you have to use principles such as relative size (e.g., large things are closer) to judge distance. This is why we should appreciate that horses jump so willingly.
sorry for the short answer previously.
Teresa
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