visual perception

id: GO:0007601
name: visual perception
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: The series of events required for an organism to receive a visual stimulus, convert it to a molecular signal, and recognize and characterize the signal. Visual stimuli are detected in the form of photons and are processed to form an image.

Child Functions

idname
GO:0051356visual perception involved in equilibrioception

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0050953sensory perception of light stimulus