What Is Macular Edema? Macular edema is swelling or thickening of the eye's macula, the part of your eye responsible for detailed, central vision. The macula is a very small area at the center of the retinaâa thin layer of light-sensitive tissue that lines the back of the eye.
What is perception? The process by which individuals select, organize, and interpret the input from their senses (vision, hearing, touch, smell, and taste) to give meaning and order to their environment. Through perception, people try to make sense of their environment and the objects.
- Perception â Individuals behave based not on the way their external environment actually is but, rather, on what they see or believe it to be. â Evidence suggests that what individuals perceive from their work situation will influence their productivity more than will the situation itself.