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Why do older people who do not wear glasses read books farther away from their eyes than youngerpeople do?
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The cornea detects this image and sends it to the brain for processing. The focal length of this lens is changeable, which is why we can focus on things both far away and close. The muscles in our eyes pull or push on the lens to make it more or less curved, Show more…
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