tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1333087786211191796.post6117132357545363240..comments2024-01-26T16:26:53.489+08:00Comments on ex-ceed: Training Peripheral Vision and Focussing AwarenessSteve Wickhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00921698153004851275noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1333087786211191796.post-40093870641075577172012-10-29T05:20:06.801+08:002012-10-29T05:20:06.801+08:00I found this post by looking for peripheral vision...I found this post by looking for peripheral vision training on Google. It supports what I also discovered by myself. Me and my girlfriend were great examples of narrowly focused and wide vision. The best example of this is when picking (edible)mushrooms in a forest. I can't find any and I just tend to go to keep her company while she finds plenty in spots I've just walked over. <br /><br />However, it is very possible to train peripheral vision in men with instant improvement. All a man has to do is stand motionlessly, quiet all thoughts, look and focus on a spot in the centre of the field of view (I mean really focus hard, to see all the details so you almost don't see anything else, just that spot). This will strain your eyes a bit. Allow them to relax and while still not thinking you'll slowly start to see the field of vision to expand out to almost to your side. You'll see less detail of everything(including centre) and if you start thinking about something this will break this state, but it is a very relaxing and aware state. I tend to use it for walking. I always had a bit of anxiety about being in crowds of strangers(having been raised in the country side) so now I use this technique when walking city streets and I can see faces of everyone passing me without nervously looking at one person at a time every split second.<br /><br />The reason this technique works is that when you strain your eyes and brain and the allow it to relax it goes from one opposite(very narrowly focused vision and attention) to the other (wide vision and attention) like a rubber string bouncing when stretched. Interestingly this heightened awareness state must be overloading the brain with information to the point where any focused thought will break the state. I would love to see fMRI of a brain in those two states of awareness to compare the difference.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01106428852241834305noreply@blogger.com