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The Importance of Smooth Pursuit in Maintaining Healthy Vision
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The brain's ability to make sense of its environment and parse time follows the visual system, meaning that smooth pursuit, or the ability to visually track moving objects, is crucial in maintaining healthy vision. Lack of smooth pursuit stimulation, often caused by too much time spent looking at screens or reading up close, can lead to vision deterioration over time.
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Bright lights between the hours of 10 p.m. and 4 a.m. can suppress dopamine and negatively impact colorblind individuals who lack red cone photopigment.
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Bright lights between the hours of 10 p.m. and 4 a.m. can suppress dopamine and negatively impact colorblind individuals who lack red cone photopigment. Avoiding red and using magenta instead can help colorblind individuals in diagrams, slides, and menus.
ChapterThe Importance of Smooth Pursuit in Maintaining Healthy Vision
EpisodeThe Science of Vision, Eye Health & Seeing Better
PodcastHuberman Lab
Smooth pursuit, or the ability to visually track moving objects, is an important function of the visual system that contributes to maintaining good vision.
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Summary
Smooth pursuit, or the ability to visually track moving objects, is an important function of the visual system that contributes to maintaining good vision. Lack of smooth pursuit stimulation, such as from spending too much time looking at a screen, can lead to worsening vision and other issues.