THE CLEAR VISION GUIDE

Accommodation explained

The eye’s adjustment of focusing power for different viewing distances.

Eyes and vision

How to understand it

It involves changes in the crystalline lens controlled by the ciliary muscle. Moving the eyes toward a target is a different action.

An example

Shifting from a distant window to a nearby book changes both the viewing task and the focusing demand.

A common mix-up

Focusing flexibility is not a measurement of myopia or a promise that exercises will reverse it.

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