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Why is your night vision better in the peripheral of the visual field and your color vision better in the center of your visual field?

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Due to the location of rods and cones

Step-by-step explanation:

Peripheral vision is better at night vision because rod cells, the photoreceptors that react to dim light, are located in the retina’s periphery, on the other hand, the center of your visual field is better perceiving colors because there's where you have an increasing population of cones.

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