Beth, This makes sense since, to my understanding, rods dominate our peripheral vision. In this case, whereas acuity and color vision are absent, peripheral vision would be intact. Your students' husband then would probably lose sight of an animal if he attempted to look at it directly.
Mike Lee > TIPSters, > One of my Intro students asked if a person who is color blind has a better > perception of movement - particularly peripheral movement. Since the rods > take over for missing cones, and a person who is color blind has fewer or no > cones, could there be a difference? > > Here are her words: > > "My husband who is color blind and doesn't really have good vision either > has excellent perception when it comes to seeing animals in the woods. He > seems them because of movement and it is not center vision when he does see > them. I often thought it curious that someone with limited accuity would > have an above average abitilty to pick out animals from the background." > > Thanks, > Beth Benoit > University System of New Hampshire > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
