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The lens of the eye is semi hard and can be squeezed to change shape. When you squint you are changing the shape and focusing the light on the back of the eye. As you get older, around 42 years old, your lens gets a harder to manipulate and needs readers to help focus.

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Light reaching the retina is absorbed by the retina cells generating small electrical currents that are sent to the brain where it is processed and interpreted as an image.

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it gets smaller

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Your pupils shrink

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