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Sense Organs: Vision

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BEHAVIOUR IS determined, or at least influenced at every step, by the Stimuli to which the sense organs are subjected; and the functions of the sense organs and their powers of discrimination are discovered largely by observations on behaviour. It is not possible therefore to separate these two subjects completely. But before discussing the general principles in the control of behaviour we must consider the sensory apparatus.

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