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Not too surprising, but it's interesting that if women are scanning for threats, they're probably doing it wrong as your peripheral night vision is better: htt
by naasking 3y ago
Not too surprising, but it's interesting that if women are scanning for threats, they're probably doing it wrong as your peripheral night vision is better:
https://biology.stackexchange.com/questions/31903/why-is-my-peripheral-vision-better-for-seeing-in-the-dark https://biology.stackexchange.com/questions/31903/why-is-my-...
- mholt 3y agoThat might be an artifact of using pictures of paths instead of actually walking the paths for the study. It seems that the brain, despite the lack of peripheral in the study, still wants to focus on those highlighted areas.
- caturopath 3y agoIt's almost as if clicking on photos with a mouse isn't a very good way to measure night walking behavior, isn't it?
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- shermantanktop 3y agoWomen often observe that men are eager to correct them and explain what they are doing wrong. I can’t help reading your post with that in mind.
- naasking 3y agoAnd I can't help but notice that your sexist framing does nothing but distract from a factual discussion.
- neuronerdgirl 3y agoYour peripheral vision has greater ACUITY at night but that doesn't improve its RESOLUTION. Your peripheral vision will be better able to alert you to movements at night. You will still be better able to identify objects - and threats - with your focal vision.
- naasking 3y ago> Your peripheral vision will be better able to alert you to movements at night. You will still be better able to identify objects - and threats - with your focal vision. In other words, you'll notice potential threats with peripheral vision first, so your eyes should not be darting around to all of the dark places as the heat maps show, unless you have cause due to movement or something. That was my point.