Re: [Phys-l] images in eye

[ludwik kowalski <kowalskil@mail.montclair.edu>]

On May 13, 2008, at 1:44 PM, Robert Yeend wrote:

> I remember an article in Scientific American from some time (20+
> years) back that included this experiment.
>
> If memory serves, it took only a few days of wearing the inverted
> image glasses for the brain to reinterpret the image as upright.
> Then, when the subjects stopped wearing the glasses, they saw the
> world as inverted for another couple of days.

If I had nothing better to do, I would look at a familiar distant 
building through an astronomical telescope for several days (without 
looking at anything else directly). Then I would look at the same 
building directly. Would it be seen as inverted? I do not think so. The 
main point is that the question can be answered experimentally, in case 
someone is really interested. An ideal task for a sick person? A very 
primitive small telescope can easily be built using two common lenses.

Ludwik Kowalski