Andrew Huberman· PhD
Chances are you’re forcing your visual system, eye & face muscles, to fatigue by close viewing.
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The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
Chances are you’re forcing your visual system, eye & face muscles, to fatigue by close viewing.
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those vergence eye movements not only create alertness, but they also require energy. And they also can fatigue the eyes because there's a process called accommodation whereby the shape of your eye literally has to change so that the lens can move so that you can focus at that location. Accommodation's an incredible process, but it is as demanding one, and that's the reason that your eyes get tired when you focus on something for too long.