A laboratory study may help you to determine the location of your visual blind spot, but you will not notice it outside of the laboratory because ____.
A) it is in the front of your visual field
B) it is located at the fovea of your eye
C) it only happens in a laboratory setting
D) you have two eyes that see slightly different views of the world

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The visual blind spot occurs because of the absence of photoreceptor cells where the optic nerve leaves the eye. This blind spot is present in both eyes but is compensated by the brain by filling in the missing information from the surrounding visual field. Therefore, in everyday life, the blind spot goes unnoticed because the visual system of the brain accommodates for it.

A Laboratory Study May Help You to Determine the Location