Treatment of amblyopia in the adult: insights from a new rodent model of visual perceptual learning
Amblyopia is the most common form of impairment of visual function affecting one eye, with
a prevalence of about 1–5% of the total world population. Amblyopia usually derives from …
a prevalence of about 1–5% of the total world population. Amblyopia usually derives from …
Development of pattern vision following early and extended blindness
Visual plasticity peaks during early critical periods of normal visual development. Studies in
animals and humans provide converging evidence that gains in visual function are minimal …
animals and humans provide converging evidence that gains in visual function are minimal …
Perceptual learning improves stereoacuity in amblyopia
Purpose.: Amblyopia is a developmental disorder that results in both monocular and
binocular deficits. Although traditional treatment in clinical practice (ie, refractive correction …
binocular deficits. Although traditional treatment in clinical practice (ie, refractive correction …
Improving visual functions in adult amblyopia with combined perceptual training and transcranial random noise stimulation (tRNS): a pilot study
Amblyopia is a visual disorder due to an abnormal pattern of functional connectivity of the
visual cortex and characterized by several visual deficits of spatial vision including …
visual cortex and characterized by several visual deficits of spatial vision including …
Improvement of uncorrected visual acuity and contrast sensitivity with perceptual learning and transcranial random noise stimulation in individuals with mild myopia
R Camilleri, A Pavan, F Ghin, L Battaglini… - Frontiers in …, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Perceptual learning has been shown to produce an improvement of visual acuity (VA) and
contrast sensitivity (CS) both in subjects with amblyopia and refractive defects such as …
contrast sensitivity (CS) both in subjects with amblyopia and refractive defects such as …
[HTML][HTML] Perceptual learning improves adult amblyopic vision through rule-based cognitive compensation
JY Zhang, LJ Cong, SA Klein… - … ophthalmology & visual …, 2014 - jov.arvojournals.org
Purpose.: We investigated whether perceptual learning in adults with amblyopia could be
enabled to transfer completely to an orthogonal orientation, which would suggest that …
enabled to transfer completely to an orthogonal orientation, which would suggest that …
Perceptual learning in patients with macular degeneration
T Plank, K Rosengarth, C Schmalhofer… - Frontiers in …, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Patients with age-related macular degeneration (AMD) or hereditary macular dystrophies
(JMD) rely on an efficient use of their peripheral visual field. We trained eight AMD and five …
(JMD) rely on an efficient use of their peripheral visual field. We trained eight AMD and five …
Implications of CI therapy for visual deficit training
E Taub, VW Mark, G Uswatte - Frontiers in integrative neuroscience, 2014 - frontiersin.org
We address here the question of whether the techniques of Constraint Induced (CI) therapy,
a family of treatments that has been employed in the rehabilitation of movement and …
a family of treatments that has been employed in the rehabilitation of movement and …
Improving myopia via perceptual learning: is training with lateral masking the only (or the most) efficacious technique?
Perceptual learning produces an improvement in visual functions such as an increase in
visual acuity (VA) and contrast sensitivity in participants with both amblyopia and refractive …
visual acuity (VA) and contrast sensitivity in participants with both amblyopia and refractive …
[HTML][HTML] Sex differences in sleep-dependent perceptual learning
Sex differences in learning and memory suggest differences between men and women in
mechanisms of neural plasticity. Such differences have been reported in a variety of explicit …
mechanisms of neural plasticity. Such differences have been reported in a variety of explicit …