Eli5 why do we see things in the corners of our eyes when there’s nothing really there?

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Eli5 why do we see things in the corners of our eyes when there’s nothing really there?

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The Brain fills in for gaps in our vision and eyes are kind of glitchy to begin with.

So you end up with cases where you’ve got floaters in your eyes, one moves right into your blindspot where the nerve connects to the eyeball, and you’re brain makes a guess at what that was.

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