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THAT we see with our eyes is known to everyone and has been known for a long time. That we see also with our brains is less generally realized, and the implications of this fact are relatively recent importations into the theory of vision. The full statement of the physiological mechanism of vision would include not only the sensitive retinal surface and the visual areas of the cortex but also the whole system, which includes retina, optic nerve, visual area of the cerebral cortex, and other sensory areas of the brain as well.
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Thouless, R. Eye and Brain as Factors in Visual Perception*. Nature 142, 418–421 (1938). https://doi.org/10.1038/142418a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/142418a0