• 𝔗𝔢𝔯 𝔐𝔞𝔵𝔦𝔪𝔞@jlai.lu
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    2 months ago

    Being able to see during ocular saccades. I was surprised to hear in so many videos “your brain blinds you because it would be nauseating”

    No it’s not ? It’s just blurry.

    Also, apparently some people can’t consciously control the focus distance of their eyes.

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      2 months ago

      Also, apparently some people can’t consciously control the focus distance of their eyes.

      It’s a sailboat!

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      2 months ago

      Also, apparently some people can’t consciously control the focus distance of their eyes.

      This was a surprise for me as well as a child. I thought my eyes would change in how they look when I made them blurry, but yeah, you can’t see that.

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      That’s interesting, for most people the brain just substitutes in the image of where your eye moves to, so it feels instantaneous. (there’s no noticeable blindness) But you can see throughout the full movement?

      In a similar vein, I never understood having a “dominant eye”. I honestly don’t really understand the concept, I guess most people’s brains will cancel out information from one eye?

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        2 months ago
        • Hold out your arm at arm’s length
        • Make a circle with your thumb and index finger
        • Look through the circle at an object on the other side of the room -Now slowly bring the circle back to your eye, such that your fingers never obscure the object, and it’s always centered in the circle

        Which eye did your circle arrive at?

        !That’s your dominant eye!<

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          I’ve heard of this test before, and it makes no sense to me. If I focus on a distant object, I see two images of my hand, one for each eye. So I’d have to choose which one to put over the object.

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              Not at all, I perceive depth fine.

              If I focus back on my hand, the two images align, and I see both images of the background. It’s just that I’m always seeing information from both eyes.

              If anything, from my perspective it’s everyone else who I would expect to have difficulties with depth perception. You’re only perceiving one eye consciously, (In the binocular overlap region), and the other eye is just used for depth information by your subconscious, is that correct?

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                2 months ago

                No the brain does funky stuff mixing the pictures together. If I move something close enough to my face it appears in view twice seemingly semi-transparent. The rest of my visual perception remains unaffected though.

                Are you also constantly aware of your blind spot(s)? (Something that with the single image is completely invisible)

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        2 months ago

        My eyes still focus automatically (though a bit slow sometimes). But if I want to, I can get my eyes out of focus pretty easily.

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          Yeah I can defocus my eyes too, I assume most people can. I’ve never heard of someone being able to see during saccades though.

    • cally [he/they]@pawb.social
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      2 months ago

      Also, apparently some people can’t consciously control the focus distance of their eyes.

      TIL that some people can’t do that. huh