central vision
Direct gaze perception
Central vision is what you see when looking directly at something—the sharp, detailed focus at the center of your visual field.
It handles reading, recognizing faces, and fine work.
Central vision relies on the macula, a small area of the retina packed with color-sensitive cells.
Loss of central vision, as in macular degeneration, leaves peripheral vision intact but makes detailed tasks difficult.
- foveaRetinal depression for acuity
- maculaRetinal region for acuity
- sharpFine-edged, or astute
- sharp focusMaximum image clarity
- focusConcentrated attention point
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- visionsharp, eye, sight, eyes, blurry
- perceptionsee, seeing, senses, observing, watching
- field of viewwide-angle, fisheye, panorama, blind spot, narrow view
- spatial perceptiondepth perception, spatial awareness, spatial orientation, stereopsis, field of view
- vision typesnearsightedness, nearsighted, farsightedness, farsighted, blind
- visual systemretina, optic nerve, photoreceptors, rods, cones
central, vision, center, centre, centrally, centrality, centralize, centralization, decentralize