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  2. Reading - Wikipedia

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    Reading is the process of taking in the sense or meaning of letters, symbols, etc., especially by sight or touch.. For educators and researchers, reading is a multifaceted process involving such areas as word recognition, orthography (spelling), alphabetics, phonics, phonemic awareness, vocabulary, comprehension, fluency, and motivation.

  3. What to Know About Blind Spots (Scotoma) - WebMD

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    7 min read. A scotoma is a blind spot in your vision, which is an area you cannot see. Blind spots may be small or large and can be temporary or permanent. A scotoma can also move around to ...

  4. Fovea centralis - Wikipedia

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    The fovea centralis is a small, central pit composed of closely packed cones in the eye.It is located in the center of the macula lutea of the retina.. The fovea is responsible for sharp central vision (also called foveal vision), which is necessary in humans for activities for which visual detail is of primary importance, such as reading and driving.

  5. Panopticon - Wikipedia

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    Panopticon principle is the central idea in the plot of We (Russian: Мы, romanized: My), a dystopian novel by Russian writer Yevgeny Zamyatin, written 1920–1921. Zamyatin goes beyond a concept of a single prison and projects panopticon principles to the whole society where people live in buildings with fully transparent walls.

  6. The Visual Field: what it is, how to get it tested, and more

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    This test is much more detailed. Your doctor uses it to make a complete image of your field of vision. They cover one eye with a patch as you look into a tool called a perimeter. You press a ...

  7. What Is Considered Legally Blind - Healthline

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    What is legally blind? The formal description of legal blindness is: “Central visual acuity 20/200 or less in the better eye with best correction, or widest diameter of visual field subtending ...

  8. Peripheral vision - Wikipedia

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    Peripheral vision, or indirect vision, is vision as it occurs outside the point of fixation, i.e. away from the center of gaze or, when viewed at large angles, in (or out of) the "corner of one's eye". The vast majority of the area in the visual field is included in the notion of peripheral vision. "Far peripheral" vision refers to the area at ...

  9. Close reading - Wikipedia

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    Reading. In literary criticism, close reading is the careful, sustained interpretation of a brief passage of a text. A close reading emphasizes the single and the particular over the general, via close attention to individual words, the syntax, the order in which the sentences unfold ideas, as well as formal structures. [1]