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foveal vision
foveal vision Foveal vision is vision by the fovea, the central retinal region that was described here as lacking rods.
Foveal vision is vision by the fovea, the central retinal region that was described here as lacking rods. In this account, looking with the fovea does not show rod-linked effects such as the Purkinje shift, so foveal vision is contrasted with the more peripheral, rod-dependent mode of seeing.