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Peripheral vision
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<p>Peripheral vision, or <i>indirect vision</i>, is <a href="/facts/Visual_perception/g7Tfaq2l">vision</a> as it occurs outside the <a href="/facts/Fixation_(visual)/nnFUFcd9">point of fixation</a>, i.e. away from the center of gaze or, when viewed at large angles, in (or out of) the "corner of one's eye". The vast majority of the area in the <a href="/facts/Visual_field/xckE6fpm">visual field</a> is included in the notion of peripheral vision. "Far peripheral" vision refers to the area at the edges of the visual field, "mid-peripheral" vision refers to medium eccentricities, and "near-peripheral", sometimes referred to as "para-central" vision, exists adjacent to the center of <a href="/facts/Fixation_(visual)/nnFUFcd9">gaze</a>. </p>