Stimuli characteristics and psychophysical requirements for visual training in amblyopia: a narrative review

CJ Hernández-Rodríguez, DP Piñero… - Journal of Clinical …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Active vision therapy using perceptual learning and/or dichoptic or binocular environments
has shown its potential effectiveness in amblyopia, but some doubts remain about the type …

[HTML][HTML] Binocular imbalance in amblyopia depends on spatial frequency in binocular combination

Y Mao, SH Min, S Chen, L Gong… - … & Visual Science, 2020 - jov.arvojournals.org
Purpose: To assess the role of spatial frequency on binocular imbalance in binocular
combination in adults with amblyopia. Methods: Ten amblyopes (23±4.9 [SD] years old; one …

Measuring virtual reality headset resolution and field of view: Implications for vision care applications

MH Lynn, G Luo, M Tomasi, S Pundlik… - Optometry and Vision …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
PURPOSE This study aimed to measure, in a sample of VR headsets, lens power and other
physical and optical characteristics needed to calculate minimum angular resolution in …

Ocular dominance plasticity: molecular mechanisms revisited

T Kasamatsu, K Imamura - Journal of Comparative Neurology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Ocular dominance plasticity (ODP) is a type of cortical plasticity operating in visual cortex of
mammals that are endowed with binocular vision based on the competition‐driven disparity …

Effects of monocular perceptual learning on binocular visual processing in adolescent and adult amblyopia

L Gu, S Deng, L Feng, J Yuan, Z Chen, J Yan, X Qiu… - Iscience, 2020 - cell.com
Re-establishing normal binocular visual processing is the key to amblyopia recovery beyond
the critical period of visual development. Here, by combining perceptual learning, behavioral …

Patching and suppression in amblyopia: one mechanism or two?

Y Chen, Z He, Y Mao, H Chen, J Zhou… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Purpose To determine if benefits from occlusion therapy are due to decreased suppression
from the fellow eye in children with amblyopia. Methods Ten newly diagnosed amblyopes …

Multi-stage cortical plasticity induced by visual contrast learning

J Xi, P Zhang, WL Jia, N Chen, J Yang… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Perceptual learning, the improved sensitivity via repetitive practice, is a universal
phenomenon in vision and its neural mechanisms remain controversial. A central question is …

Stereoacuity improvement using random-dot video games

S Martín-González, J Portela-Camino… - JoVE (Journal of …, 2020 - jove.com
Conventional amblyopia therapy involves occlusion or penalization of the dominant eye,
though these methods enhance stereoscopic visual acuity in fewer than 30% of cases. To …

Perceptual learning at higher trained cutoff spatial frequencies induces larger visual improvements

D Wu, P Zhang, C Li, N Liu, W Jia, G Chen… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
It is well known that extensive practice of a perceptual task can improve visual performance,
termed perceptual learning. The goal of the present study was to evaluate the dependency …

Bisphenol A exposure inhibits contrast sensitivity in cats involving increased response noise and inhibitory synaptic transmission

F Hu, J Liu, G Xu, H Wang, J Shen, Y Zhou - Brain Research Bulletin, 2020 - Elsevier
Contrast sensitivity (CS) is one of the primary fundamental factors determining how well we
can see, and it directly influences object recognition. Whether bisphenol-A (BPA, an …