AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -In the middle of the retina is a small dimple called the fovea or fovea centralis. It is the center of the eye’s sharpest vision and the location of most color perception.

Detailed explanation-2: -The fovea centralis is located in the center of the macula lutea, a small, flat spot located exactly in the center of the posterior portion of the retina. As the fovea is responsible for high-acuity vision it is densely saturated with cone photoreceptors.

Detailed explanation-3: -The center of the fovea is the foveola – about 0.35 mm in diameter – or central pit where only cone photoreceptors are present and there are virtually no rods. The central fovea consists of very compact cones, thinner and more rod-like in appearance than cones elsewhere.

Detailed explanation-4: -At the very center of the macula is the fovea. Containing the highest concentration of cones anywhere in the retina, the fovea is the part of the eye responsible for central vision and perceiving fine details.