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The study is devoted to the study of the manifestations of the scintillating grid illusion in patients with amblyopia. Overall, 133 schoolchildren with bilateral refractive amblyopia and 146 control group schoolchildren without ophthalmopathology were observed. In the study, we used our own test images developed on the basis of classical images that cause the scintillating grid illusion. It is shown that the phenomenon of illusory disappearance is more pronounced, and the strength of the scintillating grid illusion is significantly lower in children with amblyopia compared with children without ophthalmopathology. When the test images are rotated by 45°, an increase in the phenomenon of illusory disappearance is observed both in children with amblyopia and in children of the control group. The severity of the scintillating grid illusion in children with amblyopia is significantly lower than in children without ophthalmopathology.
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Rychkova, S.I., Sandimirov, R.I. Investigation of the Scintillating Grid Illusion in Patients with Amblyopia. Hum Physiol 49, 428–434 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1134/S036211972370038X
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