Why doesn’t our brain recognise bad vision and realign the cells of the eyeball to restore perfect vision?
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As another said, it is def the shape and length of the eyeball that is the culprit behind vision problems like myopia. Also with astigmatism it’s the shape of the cornea.
More to the point, there isn’t really any neuroplasticity inside the eye/retina. So even if there was a neural solution to the double image of myopia, it couldn’t happen. There is neuroplasticity in visual cortex but the ganglion cells in the retina have already registered the double image, as have the LGN cells, so it’s a bit late to try and correct for this given the amount of early processing occurring within the retina and LGN.
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