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Normal Visual Development and its Deviations

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Strabismus and Amblyopia

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Abstract

Within the last decade, refined testing procedures have allowed vision scientists to measure a number of aspects of the development of human vision beginning in infancy. These new procedures have been essential for extending our knowledge to the early stages of the development of visual function when rapid rates of change occur. One suspects that it is during this stage of rapid growth of function that the visual system may be particularly prone to aberrant development resulting from either intrinsic or extrinsic influences. Accordingly, this paper will review some of the major findings which appear to bear on the developmental aspects of amblyopia. They come from tests of grating, vernier, and stereo acuity; studies of the development of binocularity including pre-binocular vision and the onset ages of stereopsis, detection of binocular rivalry, and susceptibility to the development of amblyopia. Finally, some speculations are included on the neuronal mechanisms which may underlie these developments.

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  1. Richard Held
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  1. Department of Ophthalmology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden

    Gunnar Lennerstrand

  2. Department of Ophthalmology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA

    Gunter K. von Noorden

  3. Department of Ophthalmology, University of Modena, Modena, Italy

    Emilio C. Campos

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Held, R. (1988). Normal Visual Development and its Deviations. In: Lennerstrand, G., von Noorden, G.K., Campos, E.C. (eds) Strabismus and Amblyopia. Wenner-Gren Center International Symposium Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-10403-1_21

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