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Optometry and Visual Performance
Patients who experience a loss of their visual field are usually unaware that their peripheral vision has been altered.
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A pair of eyeballs never walks into the office.
We all know that you can’t treat visual problems as if they
were disembodied from the individual. A new article published
in PLOS takes a look at retinal contrast transfer function in
adults with and without ADHD utilizing the pattern
electroretinogram, or pERG. This is in …
05/21/13 6:25 am
Press Lites – VT Synchronicity
One of the most challenging aspects of vision therapy is
designing procedures that provide good feedback on when patients
are truly processing with both eyes simultaneously. The
patients that have the greatest need for these procedures are those
with strabismus, usually detected by motor misalignment of the
eyes, or the eyes not being simultaneously aimed …
05/18/13 10:12 pm
This cute new Evian video gone viral reminds me of the mirror
neuron concept and its role in neurotypical development.
What’s so special about mirror neurons? Here is a nice
overview of the topic from a Scientific American blog last
June. V.S. Ramanchandran hangs his hat heavily on the
significance of mirror neurons in brain function …
05/18/13 11:33 am
Is vision a learned process? Perhaps not. But
don’t let that fool you into thinking that it isn’t developed, or
merely somehow inborn, pre-programmed, and little influenced by
epigenetic processes and interactions. I’m with Jacob
Barnett. Learning doesn’t lead to creativity. Seeing
with your own unique perspective leads to visual thinking, and
thinking leads to …
05/12/13 8:44 am
Life is Like a Box of Chocolates
In this famous scene from Forrest Gump, Tom Hanks relates his
mother’s observation that life is like a box of chocolates, because
you never know what you’re going to get. It certainly seemed
that way on the morning of June 18, 2012 when Amy Mele called our
office with deep concern about her daughter. Alyssa …
05/05/13 1:10 pm
More Evidence on Vision & Reading
Thanks to our Canadian colleague Dr. Charles Boulet for
pointing out a recent research paper published in Graefes Archives
of Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology. The article is:
Association Between Reading Speed, Cycloplegic Refractive
Error, and Oculomotor Function in Reading Disabled Children Versus
Controls, and confirms an association between uncorrected
refractive error (particularly hyperopia), impaired vergence
facility and reduced …
04/21/13 7:46 pm
A couple of months ago I previewed the Oliver Sacks Festival
in New York City this weekend. Here is a penetrating exchange
between Oliver and Bill T. Jones on April 17. It begins at
about the 29:00 minute mark. After Jones quotes from something that
Sacks said about the soul, Oliver remarks: “Well, that was …
04/20/13 7:23 am
Interesting article in the May issue of Parents Magazine on
Sensory Processing Disorder. Page 1 Page 2 Page 3
04/12/13 7:01 am
We’ve touched upon this issue before in the context of
demands on the visual system as well as the positive
application of apps … so here is a well done general treatment of a
subject becoming increasingly relevant regarding the Touch-Screen
Generation. Take note of the many good comments at the
end of the piece. You may also …
04/10/13 8:34 am
Is The Amblyopia Eye Learning Disabled? – Part 2
In Part 1 we set the stage for recognizing that much
beyond reduced visual acuity, amblyopia is a developmental disorder
of spatial vision that represents impaired perceptual learning.
Perceptual learning is involved in just about any visual task
you can think of, as noted in this excellent review by Lu et al.
We also noted the …
04/01/13 5:54 am
