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Seeing Things: Visual Disturbances We All Experience

Dr. Inés Dawson explains when you're seeing proteins and white blood cells in your vision

Guest vlog by Dr. Inés Dawson on Tom Scott's channel.

Explains:

  • floaters =  loose protein debris
  • white spots = blue entoptic phenomenon
  • visual snow = neuron processing effect
  • stars = phosphenes


Visit website: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKQT1MXfasM

See also: Academic Inés Dawson - Interdisciplinary DPhil Student at the University of Oxford, Science Communicator, Public Speaker, Science YouTuber.

Details last updated 26-May-2020

Topics mentioned on this page:
Vision (health)