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Eyeing Perfection

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Michael A. Greenwood

Athletes who can sink a basket from 20 feet out, hit a blistering fastball or throw the perfect touchdown pass when the game is on the line all have something in common: perfect eyesight. If an athlete’s visual acuity is even slightly off, it is likely that his performance will suffer. A batter with bad eyes is less likely to connect with the ball. Athletes, of course, have easy access to optometrists to improve their vision. Now they also have the option of visiting a sports vision clinic that opened in Houston in early 2008 and that caters to professional and amateur athletes alike...Read full article

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    depth perception
    The direct appreciation of the distance between a given object and the observer, or between the front and back of a solid object. Real depth perception is achieved by the retinal disparity formed by the different viewing positions of each eye; in apparent depth, the disparity is formed synthetically; e.g., a stereogram.
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