Blind spot
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'''Blind spot''' can refer to:
*In [[ophthalmology]],
**[[Scotoma]], an obscuration of the visual field
**[[Optic disc]], also known as the anatomical blind spot, the specific region of the retina where the optic nerve and blood vessels pass through to connect to the back of the eye
**[[Blind spot (vision)]], also known as the physiological blind spot, the specific scotoma in the visual field that corresponds to the lack of light-detecting photoreceptor cells on the optic disc
*[[Blind spot (automobile)]], areas of the road that cannot be seen while looking forward or through either the rear-view or side mirrors in an automobile
*[[Blind spot (psychology)]], a subject about which one is prejudiced or ignorant
*[[Antenna blind cone]], a blind spot of the [[Antenna (radio)|antenna]]
In culture,
*''The Blind Spot'' (1921), an early science fiction novel by [[Homer Eon Flint]] (1892-1924) and Austin Hall
*''Blind Spot: Hitler's Secretary'', the English title of ''[[Im toten Winkel]]'' (2002)—an Austrian documentary about Traudl Junge, the last personal secretary of Adolf Hitler.
*[[Blind Spot (film)]] is a 1947 film noir
*In the [[Known Space]] universe of [[Larry Niven]], the Blind Spot is the name for the effect an unshielded view of [[hyperspace]] has on the human optic nerve.
*''Blind Spot'' (2007), a walk-in, interactive installation that forces you to desert your expectations of the familiar when confronted with a variant reality created by Andrew Ohanesian and Tescia Seufferlein (http://www.englishkillsartgallery.com/)
==See also==
*[[Lacuna]]
*[[Blindspott]], a New Zealand band.
*[[Blindspot]], a [[fictional character]] in the [[Marvel Comics]] [[Marvel Universe|universe]]
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