Parafovea or the parafoveal belt is a region in the retina that circumscribes the fovea and is part of the macula lutea. It is circumscribed by the perifovea. ==Effect on reading== When reading a sentence, the eye fixates each word on the fovea. Studies have shown that people can tell the difference in the letters of a word in the fovea and near-p... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parafovea
(from the article `eye, human`) ...fovea is characterized by an exclusive population of very densely packed cones; here, also, the cones are very thin and in form very similar to ... Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/p/16