why does squinting improve vision?

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At least for me, I notice that when I squint, my vision becomes sharper. I don’t know if this is a common thing, but I’m curious as to why it happens

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Anonymous 0 Comments

Just because your focusing your retina and controlling the light and image your brain needs to see

Anonymous 0 Comments

Isnt it similar to a camera lens? I have no idea just feels that way.

Anonymous 0 Comments

like you’re 5: when you look at a lot of stuff, your brain has to think about all that stuff. When you reduce the amount of stuff in the background, your brain can think harder about the thing you’re squinting at.

Anonymous 0 Comments

Fun fact : SLIGHTLY pressing your eyeball from above and below with your fingers also improve your far – vision. It happens because this causes your eyeball to be longer than usual, and so it focus the light better (only if you have any degree of nearsightedness)