ArticleJournal of vision2022
Crowding changes appearance systematically in peripheral, amblyopic, and developing vision.
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- Development of Crowding Distance in Children Is Faster and Later Than Visual Acuity and Better Predicts Reading Performance.Investigative ophthalmology & visual science · 2026Article
- Rethinking perceptual distortions in amblyopia: toward a multi-feature, visual-field-wide perspective.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2026Article
- The development of visual acuity and crowding reveals the slow fine-tuning of foveal vision.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Slow binocular reading during rapid serial visual presentation (RSVP) in children with amblyopia and the role of fixation instability.Vision research · 2025Article
- Target-flanker similarity alters the spatial profile of visual crowding.Journal of vision · 2025Article
- Elevated Visual Crowding in CRB1-Associated Retinopathies: Understanding Functional Visual Deficits Using Child-Friendly Computerized Testing.Investigative ophthalmology & visual science · 2025Article
- Landolt C-Tests With "Fixed" Arcmin Separations Detect Amblyopia But Underestimate Crowding in Moderate-to-Severe Amblyopic Children and Adults.Investigative ophthalmology & visual science · 2024Article
- Rapid assessment of peripheral visual crowding.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2024Article
- The impact of training on the inner-outer asymmetry in crowding.Journal of vision · 2023Article
- The Bouma law accounts for crowding in 50 observers.Journal of vision · 2023Article
- The Impact of Peripheral Vision on Manual Reaction Time Using Fitlight Technology for Handball, Basketball and Volleyball Players.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Visual Crowding Reveals Field- and Axis-Specific Cortical Miswiring After Long-Term Axial Misalignment in Strabismic Patients Without Amblyopia.Investigative ophthalmology & visual science · 2023Article
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Abstract
Visual crowding is the disruptive effect of clutter on object recognition. Although most prominent in adult peripheral vision, crowding also disrupts foveal vision in typically developing children and those with strabismic amblyopia. Do these crowding effects share the same mechanism? Here we exploit observations that crowded errors in peripheral vision are not random: Target objects appear either averaged with the flankers (assimilation) or replaced by them (substitution). If amblyopic and developmental crowding share the same mechanism, then their errors should be similarly systematic. We tested foveal vision in children aged 3 to 8 years with typical vision or strabismic amblyopia and peripheral vision in typical adults. The perceptual effects of crowding were measured by requiring observers to adjust a reference stimulus to match the perceived orientation of a target "Vac-Man" element. When the target was surrounded by flankers that differed by ± 30°, all three groups (adults and children with typical or amblyopic vision) reported orientations between the target and flankers (assimilation). Errors were reduced with ± 90° differences but primarily matched the flanker orientation (substitution) when they did occur. A population pooling model of crowding successfully simulated this pattern of errors in all three groups. We conclude that the perceptual effects of amblyopic and developing crowding are systematic and resemble the near periphery in adults, suggesting a common underlying mechanism.
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