Retinoscopy and chromatic aberration.
The origin of the apparent farsightedness as revealed by retinoscopy in smaller eyes was investigated by using monochromatic retinoscopy on wild rabbits. Our results indicate that a combination of long wavelength light and chromatic aberration of the subject's dioptrics is the major source of this artifact.
D000818:Animals; D002869:Chromosome Aberrations; D011817:Rabbits; D012029:Refraction, Ocular; D012030:Refractive Errors / Q000235:genetics*; D012160:Retina / Q000503:physiopathology