Health.Zone Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the Health.Zone Content Network
  2. The Visual Field: what it is, how to get it tested, and more

    www.webmd.com/eye-health/what-is-the-visual-field

    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 ...

  3. Reading comprehension - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reading_comprehension

    The teacher as reading instructor is a role model of a reader for students, demonstrating what it means to be an effective reader and the rewards of being one. Reading comprehension levels. Reading comprehension involves two levels of processing, shallow (low-level) processing and deep (high-level) processing.

  4. Visual field - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_field

    The macula of the retina is the central area in the visual field of about 10 to 17 deg diameter (in visual angle). It is responsible for high-resolution vision in good light, in particular for reading. Many diseases affecting the macula may cause defects in the central field of vision, among them metamorphopsia and central scotomas.

  5. Reading - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reading

    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.

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

    www.webmd.com/eye-health/what-to-know-blind...

    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 ...

  7. Fixation (visual) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fixation_(visual)

    Fixation, in the act of fixating, is the point between any two saccades, during which the eyes are relatively stationary and virtually all visual input occurs. In the absence of retinal jitter, a laboratory condition known as retinal stabilization, perceptions tend to rapidly fade away. [1] [2] To maintain visibility, the nervous system carries ...

  8. Theme (narrative) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theme_(narrative)

    Theme (narrative) In contemporary literary studies, a theme is a central topic, subject, or message within a narrative. [1] Themes can be divided into two categories: a work's thematic concept is what readers "think the work is about" and its thematic statement being "what the work says about the subject". [2]

  9. Peripheral vision - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peripheral_vision

    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 ...