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Eye movement question (self.Blind)
submitted 8y ago by Thehellwolf
So, say that a person was born blind. Would they know how to or be able to look around with their eye muscles? My reasoning is that they never really has stimulus as a child to strengthen those muscles, and they'd never have a reason to need to move them.
fastfinge 6 points
I was born blind. And...I dunno? I can roll my eyes in my head, because I can kind of...feel them moving, I guess. And when I get something stuck in my eye, I blink, tear, and move my eye up and down to try and force it out just like anyone else would. But I think that focusing on a visual object requires different muscles than moving your eyes from left to right and up and down does. Doesn't focusing...do something to the lens of your eyeball? Contract or expand it or something? Maybe I'm thinking of night vision, though. Anyway, how would I know if I can do that or not? I don't think I could feel my eye lens doing that in the same way I can feel my eye moving back and forth.
TL;DR: I'm born blind, so there is no way I can answer your question. Try a doctor.
TL;DR: I'm born blind, so there is no way I can answer your question. Try a doctor.
SupermarketSweep 1 points
Sounds like this is a question for a doctor or scientist.
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