1 Nov
2006
1 Nov
'06
23:47
On Wednesday 01 November 2006 16:11, Bruce Marshall wrote:
On Wednesday 01 November 2006 17:51, Carlos E. R. wrote:
Yep, the periphery vision is more sensitive to light in general, as in searching for dim stars at night (astronomy 101).
That I didn't know.
Not sure this is really true. The reason for looking a little offset from something you want to see at night is because you can see anything where the optic nerve is on the retina. You need to offset a bit so that your focus isn't at the point of the optic nerve.
The fovea and the connection point of the optic nerve bundle are certainly no co-located. If they were, our blind spot would be at the center of our visual field. RRS