Colloquium

Abstract: Visual perception is often characterized as a process of encoding and decoding. Encoding describes the representation of visual features (e.g., orientation and direction) by the spiking…

Abstract: Background: This study investigates the effect of a computer-based visual search training (VST) that was adapted for children with hemianopia (HH). Methods: 22 children with HH (median age…

Abstract: The diseases and clinical afflictions most important to the human population will change with time. Indeed they have already changed dramatically as we use our planet ever so differently…

Abstract: Clinicians are taught that the AC/A ratio (accommodation - convergence/accommodation) is an important theoretical concept which should influence patient care. Theoretical teaching on the…

Abstract: It is clear that optic flow is useful to guide an observer's movement and that binocular disparity contributes too (e.g. Roy, Komatsu and Wurtz, 1992). Both cues are important in recovering…

Question: What is the projected prevalence and incidence of low vision (LV) and blindness from 2017 to 2050? Findings: The number of new cases of low vision and blindness each year, estimated by the…

Abstract: Strabismus is a common cause of visual morbidity in children in the United States. There are known factors associated with strabismus, such as refractive error or monocular status with poor…

Abstract: The increasing requirement for spatial literacy, the ability to read graphs and charts and to interact with dynamic models that is driven by rapid advances in techniques for visualizing data…

Abstract: Humans blink up to 20 times per minute, far more often than necessary for lubricating the eyeballs and clearing debris. Blinks completely disrupt the input to the retina, yet spontaneous eye…

Abstract: Selective attention is widely attributed to a network of areas in the cerebral neocortex, with frontal and parietal cortex regulating limited resources available in the sensory areas of…