Illusion reveals that the brain fills in peripheral vision
Thursday, December 8, 2016 - 15:31
in Psychology & Sociology
What we see in the periphery, just outside the direct focus of the eye, may sometimes be a visual illusion, according to new findings. The findings suggest that even though our peripheral vision is less accurate and detailed than what we see in the center of the visual field, we may not notice a qualitative difference because our visual processing system actually fills in some of what we 'see' in the periphery.