Study Finds Deaf Adults Possess Superior Peripheral Vision

Researchers from the Universities of York and Sheffield found that deaf adults develop superior peripheral vision to better detect objects and movement outside their central focus.

MRI scans revealed that the brain redistributes neural resources by assigning greater weightage to far-peripheral vision in the primary visual cortex and lateral geniculate nucleus.

The findings published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences indicate the brain adapts to sensory loss without expanding its overall visual processing capacity.