ArticleJournal of vision2016
Training eye movements for visual search in individuals with macular degeneration.
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- Topical Review: Impact of Central Vision Loss on Navigation and Obstacle Avoidance while Walking.Optometry and vision science : official publication of the American Academy of Optometry · 2022Pooled it
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- Environmental enrichment as a mitochondria-targeting systems strategy across neurodegenerative diseases and retinal dystrophies.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2026Review
- Eye movements do not preferentially test inferences in the blind spot.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Cancellation of the vestibulo-ocular reflex during smooth pursuit in patients with maculopathy.Frontiers in neurology · 2025Article
- Efficient versus inefficient visual search as training for saccadic re-referencing to an extrafoveal location.Journal of vision · 2023Article
- A gaze-contingent saccadic re-referencing training with simulated central vision loss.Journal of vision · 2023Article
- Saccades during visual search in macular degeneration.Vision research · 2022Article
- Oculomotor changes following learned use of an eccentric retinal locus.Vision research · 2022Article
- Benefits of Implementing Eye-Movement Training in the Rehabilitation of Patients with Age-Related Macular Degeneration: A Review.Brain sciences · 2021Review
- Eye Movements in Macular Degeneration.Annual review of vision science · 2021Review
- Mapping the binocular scotoma in macular degeneration.Journal of vision · 2021Article
- Temporal modulation improves dynamic peripheral acuity.Journal of vision · 2019Article
- Introduction to Special Issue on Perceptual Learning.Vision research · 2018Article
- Towards a whole brain model of Perceptual Learning.Current opinion in behavioral sciences · 2018Article
- Monocular and binocular smooth pursuit in central field loss.Vision research · 2017Article
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Abstract
We report a method to train individuals with central field loss due to macular degeneration to improve the efficiency of visual search. Our method requires participants to make a same/different judgment on two simple silhouettes. One silhouette is presented in an area that falls within the binocular scotoma while they are fixating the center of the screen with their preferred retinal locus (PRL); the other silhouette is presented diametrically opposite within the intact visual field. Over the course of 480 trials (approximately 6 hr), we gradually reduced the amount of time that participants have to make a saccade and judge the similarity of stimuli. This requires that they direct their PRL first toward the stimulus that is initially hidden behind the scotoma. Results from nine participants show that all participants could complete the task faster with training without sacrificing accuracy on the same/different judgment task. Although a majority of participants were able to direct their PRL toward the initially hidden stimulus, the ability to do so varied between participants. Specifically, six of nine participants made faster saccades with training. A smaller set (four of nine) made accurate saccades inside or close to the target area and retained this strategy 2 to 3 months after training. Subjective reports suggest that training increased awareness of the scotoma location for some individuals. However, training did not transfer to a different visual search task. Nevertheless, our study suggests that increasing scotoma awareness and training participants to look toward their scotoma may help them acquire missing information.
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