Parafovea (Noun)
Meaning
Area of the retina immediately surrounding the fovea.
Classification
Nouns denoting body parts.
Examples
- The eyes of most vertebrates feature a highly developed fovea along with an additional area known as the parafovea.
- The parafovea, which receives relatively high-acuity ambient vision, is positioned directly adjacent to the fovea on both its centric and centrifugal edges.
- This unique zone of high concentration of cone photoreceptors is known as the parafovea and is thought to play a critical role in guidance and foraging during hunting.
- Researchers specializing in human vision continue to study and analyze the intricate connections between the parafovea and fovea, particularly the way retinal ganglion cells and retinal glangli layers perceive even slight optical changes.
- Studies suggest that high-level global form and pattern recognition tasks engages mainly parafoveal and peripheral areas, with limited activity in the retinal foveal zone itself.