Is Reality a Stream of Photons?
In short: Physics shows that light arrives as photons, and biology shows that what we see is the brain's interpretation of the electrical signals those photons set in motion.
A 1:56 short film in the series “Photon and Brain”, narrated by intellect_voice_01.
Sources used in this film: Encyclopaedia Britannica, “Light - Photons, Wavelengths, Quanta | Britannica”; Encyclopaedia Britannica, “Quantum mechanics - Photoelectric Effect, Wave-Particle Duality, Einstein | Britannica”; Encyclopaedia Britannica, “Wave-particle duality | Quantum Mechanics, Electrons, Photons | Britannica”; PubMed Central (US National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health), “Chemistry and Biology of the Initial Steps in Vision: The Friedenwald Lecture”; PubMed Central, US National Library of Medicine (author manuscript of a review published in Pflügers Archiv, 2021), “Transmission at rod and cone ribbon synapses in the retina”; Cleveland Clinic, “Shaping Up What You See: Understanding Rod & Cone Photoreceptors”; SAGE Publications (The Neuroscientist; article by Bevil R. Conway, 2009), “Color Vision, Cones, and Color-Coding in the Cortex - Bevil R. Conway, 2009”; Journal of Vision, via PubMed Central (U.S. National Library of Medicine), “Stronger perceptual filling-in of spatiotemporal information in the blind spot compared with artificial gaps”; PubMed Central (PMC), U.S. National Library of Medicine / National Center for Biotechnology Information; article by researchers at the California Institute of Technology, “Bayesian Causal Inference Accounts for Multisensory Filling-In at the Blind Spot”; BBC Bitesize (BBC), “How does the eye detect light? – KS2 Science curriculum - BBC Bitesize”.
Sources used in this film
- Encyclopaedia Britannica — Light - Photons, Wavelengths, Quanta | Britannica · View →
- Encyclopaedia Britannica — Quantum mechanics - Photoelectric Effect, Wave-Particle Duality, Einstein | Britannica · View →
- Encyclopaedia Britannica — Wave-particle duality | Quantum Mechanics, Electrons, Photons | Britannica · View →
- PubMed Central (US National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health) — Chemistry and Biology of the Initial Steps in Vision: The Friedenwald Lecture · View →
- PubMed Central, US National Library of Medicine (author manuscript of a review published in Pflügers Archiv, 2021) — Transmission at rod and cone ribbon synapses in the retina · View →
- Cleveland Clinic — Shaping Up What You See: Understanding Rod & Cone Photoreceptors · View →
- SAGE Publications (The Neuroscientist; article by Bevil R. Conway, 2009) — Color Vision, Cones, and Color-Coding in the Cortex - Bevil R. Conway, 2009 · View →
- Journal of Vision, via PubMed Central (U.S. National Library of Medicine) — Stronger perceptual filling-in of spatiotemporal information in the blind spot compared with artificial gaps · View →
- PubMed Central (PMC), U.S. National Library of Medicine / National Center for Biotechnology Information; article by researchers at the California Institute of Technology — Bayesian Causal Inference Accounts for Multisensory Filling-In at the Blind Spot · View →
- BBC Bitesize (BBC) — How does the eye detect light? – KS2 Science curriculum - BBC Bitesize · View →
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Sources
- Summary by Intellect · source: Encyclopaedia Britannica: Light - Photons, Wavelengths, Quanta | Britannica
- Also: Encyclopaedia Britannica: Quantum mechanics - Photoelectric Effect, Wave-Particle Duality, Einstein | Britannica
- Also: Wave-particle duality | Quantum Mechanics, Electrons, Photons | Britannica
- Also: PubMed Central (US National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health): Chemistry and Biology of the Initial Steps in Vision: The Friedenwald Lecture
- Also: PubMed Central, US National Library of Medicine (author manuscript of a review published in Pflügers Archiv, 2021): Transmission at rod and cone ribbon synapses in the retina
- Also: Shaping Up What You See: Understanding Rod & Cone Photoreceptors
- Also: SAGE Publications (The Neuroscientist; article by Bevil R. Conway, 2009): Color Vision, Cones, and Color-Coding in the Cortex - Bevil R. Conway, 2009
- Also: Journal of Vision, via PubMed Central (U.S. National Library of Medicine): Stronger perceptual filling-in of spatiotemporal information in the blind spot compared with artificial gaps
- Also: PubMed Central (PMC), U.S. National Library of Medicine / National Center for Biotechnology Information; article by rese: Bayesian Causal Inference Accounts for Multisensory Filling-In at the Blind Spot
- Also: BBC Bitesize (BBC): How does the eye detect light? – KS2 Science curriculum - BBC Bitesize
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