About Holographic (Interferometric) Approach to the Primary Visual Perception

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The discussed physical model of the primary visual perception is based on the joint consideration of the structural features of the retina and its functioning, namely, inversion of the retina, the presence of micro-oscillations (tremor), high rate of reaction of photoisomerization and its spatial-time coherence. The above model indicates the existence of significant forward light scattering in the layers of the retina. The existence of micro-oscillations and partial time coherence of the first stage of photoisomerization reaction allows proposing a mechanism of image restoration based on the principles of holographic speckle interferometry.

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V. Svet, "About Holographic (Interferometric) Approach to the Primary Visual Perception," Open Journal of Biophysics, Vol. 3 No. 3, 2013, pp. 165-177. doi: 10.4236/ojbiphy.2013.33020.

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