We've all got a blind spot, but it can be shrunk
Monday, August 31, 2015 - 14:00
in Astronomy & Space
The human eye includes an unavoidable blind spot. That's because the optic nerve that sends visual signals to the brain must pass through the retina, which creates a hole in that light-sensitive layer of tissue. When images project to that precise location, we miss them. As reported in a new article, this blind spot can be effectively 'shrunk' with training, despite the fact that the hole in our visual field cannot be.