Does+eye+colour+affect+vision?


 * __DOES EYE COLOUR AFFECT VISION?__**

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__So far, there is no proof that eye colour can affect your vision. However, it has been proven that people with lighter eyes are more prone to eye related health problems because they have less melanin to protect their eyes from light. There was also a study done that showed darker eyed people to be better at "reactive-type tasks". People with darker eyes seemed to perform better at sports and activities like boxing and hitting a baseball, while people with lighter eyes were better at "self placed tasks", like bowling or hitting a golf ball. However, there is only one study done to prove this not it is not necassarily true. Otherwise, there is little proof that eye colour affects anything else about you.__

__Olivia R.__

Citations: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/20/health/20real.html

Article by: ANAHAD O’CONNOR

Written: January 19th, 2009

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People with lighter colored eyes are more sensitive to light because they have fewer pigments to protect their eyes. They may have problems with sunlight and that in turn could affect their vision.

There have been some reports about eye color effect on reaction time. However, with these reports, about half see some effect, the others not. Biologist Richard A. Sturm, principal research fellow of the Institute for Molecular Bioscience at the University of Queensland in Australia said "I'm no expert in the area, but I suspect there's some truth in it." Sturm performed eight reaction-time studies, of which five found that eye color affected how well people reacted in various sports. For the most part, light eyed people did better in bowling, golf, pitching baseballs which are sport that allow you to perform at your own rate. Dark-eyed people did better in sports such as boxing, hitting a ball and defensive football positions. These are sports that force you to react.

This was one way that they tested eye color and vision. In general, you can see that eye color has some effect on vision for certain things.

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Nic Herringer February 26th, 2012

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