8/6/2023 0 Comments Shifty eyes during questioning![]() ![]() Scientists at Manchester Metropolitan University found people who made horizontal eye movements recognised significantly more previously studied words than subjects who did not make such eye movements. Horizontal eye wiggles are thought to cause the two hemispheres of the brain to interact more, improving the ability to retrieve memories. Moving your eyes from side to side for 30 seconds can boost your power of recall, researchers say. Jo Posted in Appearance, Driving, People with Nystagmus, Resources | Tagged bad things about nystagmus, driving and nystagmus, eye movement, life with nystagmus, living with nystagmus, low vision reading, reactions to nystagmus, Resources | 5 Replies Shifty Eyes on Wikipedia! I know I sound like a broken record, but my life is seriously really really normal and great □ Back to being entirely positive! There are other difficulties that come up from time to time, but these are the main things I struggle with.īut can I just say, these are mostly mild irritations. SO, people with nystagmus are often stuck with the dilemma of interrupting the pattern of a regular conversation by the other person being distracted by the nystagmus, or avoid direct eye contact and risk offending the other person. That’s where we get the meaning behind my beloved phrase “shifty eyes” (though I’m determined to take that one back ♥ ) By avoiding eye contact, people can get the idea that you aren’t confident, or even that you might be evasive or not trust worthy. Eye contact is a very important social behavior that you probably don’t think about too much. I can tell when people notice my eyes, and my first reaction is to not make them uncomfortable. Sometimes it’s hard to look people in the eyes. I wax poetic about this topic much more in another post, but let’s just say, nystagmus does affect driving.ģ. So annoying…Īs much as I hate to admit it, driving is an issue. If I’m by myself, then I just stand awkwardly close to the counter. Usually I’ll ask whomever I am with to read it for me. Not the kind you put in front of you, but the kind that appear behind counters at sandwich shops and McDonalds. So here is my list of frustrating things about Nystagmus: It is something that has to be accommodated. Nystagmus does come with some difficulties. At the same time, I do want this blog to be realistic. ![]() So yes, I’m very glad that it is coming across as positive. Which is too bad because seriously, nystagmus takes up maybe 1% of my life, if that (although, with the blog I think about it a lot more now, but I digress…) I’m so glad because I think that too often a diagnosis of nystagmus comes along with a feeling of impending doom. Someone commented that my blog comes across as entirely positive, to which my reaction is… I’ve started interacting on the forum over at (check it out, it’s an awesome place with awesome people). I hope everyone had a great Labor Day weekend! I worked on Sunday ![]()
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