To analyze the correlation between myopia development and education, researchers at the Mainz University Medical Center
examined nearsightedness in 4,658 Germans aged 35 to 74, excluding anyone with cataracts or who had undergone refractive surgery.
Researchers found that using blackboards had a «protective effect» against
nearsightedness when
examined as a variable alone, possibly because blackboards do not require the kind of close - up focusing that may increase myopia.