HT1596 - Seeing in Wide Angle

I've always struggled with the challenge of seeing and wide-angle view. My natural vision tends to be telephoto, zooming in on details. I think I figured out why! My eyes don't zoom but in my mind I can restrict what I see to the details in the distance. Conversely, my eyes can't zoom out to see in wide-angle. I have to scan the scene and then assemble the full image in my mind's eye. That's the part where I struggle.