A recent study published in Perception suggests that playing outdoor sports improves peripheral color detection. The findings ...

Peripheral vision enables humans to see shapes that aren’t directly in our line of sight, albeit with less detail. This ability expands our field of vision and can be helpful in many situations, such ...

A person with peripheral vision loss has difficulty seeing things above, below, or at the side without turning their head. This type of vision loss is also known as tunnel vision. Tunnel vision can ...

The ability to distinguish objects in peripheral vision varies significantly between individuals, finds new research from UCL, Paris Descartes University and Dartmouth College, USA. For example, some ...

Whether you’re driving a car or walking into a room, your peripheral vision helps you move around safely. It lets you see things without moving your head. But some conditions can interfere with ...

Most of us have at some point felt the sensation that someone is staring at us in our peripheral vision. A quick glance is all it takes to confirm or deny this sensation. Sometimes there really is a ...

Glaucoma affects peripheral vision, creating blind spots in the outer edges of a person’s visual field. This can affect daily activities such as driving and walking. Glaucoma is the name for a group ...