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    • Ophthalmology
    • Psychophysics
    • Vision Science

    Background:

    • Individuals may intentionally misrepresent their visual acuity on tests for various reasons, including occupational requirements or to qualify for benefits.
    • Detecting intentional underrepresentation of vision is crucial in specific scenarios, necessitating reliable assessment methods.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To investigate the feasibility of detecting intentional underrepresentation of visual acuity during vision testing.
    • To determine if response variability can serve as an indicator of simulated vision impairment.

    Main Methods:

    • Visual acuity was tested in participants with simulated and actual vision impairments using the Berkeley Rudimentary Vision Test.
    • Participants completed tests under both honest and cheating conditions, where they attempted to feign worse vision.

    Main Results:

    • Participants successfully misrepresented their visual acuity, exhibiting significantly higher response variability when attempting to cheat (P < .001).
    • While individuals with genuine vision impairment showed greater variability than those honestly simulating impairment, their responses were less variable than those in the cheating condition (P = .01).

    Conclusions:

    • Increased variability in visual acuity estimations is a promising indicator for detecting intentional underrepresentation of vision.
    • This method could enhance the accuracy of vision tests and deter fraudulent claims.