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Assessing Binocular Central Visual Field and Binocular Eye Movements in a Dichoptic Viewing Condition
Published on: July 21, 2020
Effects of age, viewing distance and target complexity on static ocular counterroll
Herbert C Goltz1, Giuseppe Mirabella, Joanne C Y Leung
1Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences, University of Toronto, 60 Murray Street, Suite 1-003, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 1X5.
Abstract:
The ocular counterroll (OCR) reflex generates partially compensatory torsional eye movements during static head roll tilt. We assessed the influence of age, viewing distance and target complexity on the OCR across the age span (13-63 years; n=47), by recording eye movements during head-on-body roll tilt (0+/-40 degrees in 5 degrees steps) while subjects viewed simple vs. complex targets at 0.33 and 1m. We found that subjects > or = 31 years had lower gains than those < or =30 years, but only for far targets. Consistent with prior reports, far targets elicited higher OCR gains than near targets, and target complexity had no effect on gains, suggesting that visual input is primarily used to maintain vergence during OCR.
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