There is a better article on this at: http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20427331.100-generation-specs-stopping-the-shortsight-epidemic.html?full=true http:/

There is a better article on this at: http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20427331.100-generation-specs-stopping-the-shortsight-epidemic.html?full=true http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20427331.100-generatio... Research discussed there suggests that what appears in peripheral vision may be important. That may also explain why myopia gradually gets worse during years of wearing glasses.