01-08-2013, 04:28 AM
I've learned a lot from David's excellent description of the role and function of the peripheral vision;
But there is one sentence in the paragraph, which made me stumble a bit:
Because its function is defined as:
Maybe there is no need to discuss those details, because it concerns only something we are not supposed to do, but since this question has come up, I can't help turning it over in my mind...
But there is one sentence in the paragraph, which made me stumble a bit:
Quote:Don't watch your peripheral vision to see if it clears up as a result of your using your eyes better.The question that came up was: "Can the peripheral vision clear up or not?"
Because its function is defined as:
Quote:your peripheral vision assumes its correct role in sensing the context of forms and background, movement, and (rougher) details in dim light.So when it seems that the entire image is clearing up as a result of the correct focusing of the central vision - is this really the peripheral vision, which becomes clear or is it rather an 'illusion' created by our mind, built up with the help of single points seen clearly from the central vision? And the peripheral vision remains just as blurry as it is, but we don't recognize the blur, because our attention is properly focused on the clear center?
Maybe there is no need to discuss those details, because it concerns only something we are not supposed to do, but since this question has come up, I can't help turning it over in my mind...