Is it useful keeping foveal vision in mind when arranging content?

1. What is foveal vision used for?
2. Why is foveal vision better than peripheral?
3. What is foveal vision in psychology?
4. Why does foveal vision have significantly increased acuity compared to peripheral vision?

What is foveal vision used for?

Foveal vision is used for scrutinizing highly detailed objects, whereas peripheral vision is used for organizing the broad spatial scene and for seeing large objects. Our foveal vision is optimized for fine details, and our peripheral vision is optimized for coarser information.

Why is foveal vision better than peripheral?

There is a consensus that foveal and peripheral vision accomplish two opposing goals with limited processing resources: foveal vision allows for maximal acuity and contrast sensitivity in a small region around the gaze position, whereas peripheral vision allows for a large field of view, albeit with lower resolution, ...

What is foveal vision in psychology?

the ability to see stimuli in the middle of the visual field, surrounding and including the point of fixation. Central vision is provided by the fovea centralis. Also called foveal vision.

Why does foveal vision have significantly increased acuity compared to peripheral vision?

In addition, the cones in the fovea are of smaller diameter than those in the periphery of the retina, which allows for a greater packing density of foveal cones. The high packing density of cones and the low convergence of cones onto bipolar cells in the macula support higher visual acuity in the central visual field.