title: Increasing the proportion of binocular vision makes horizontal prism adaptation complete.
abstract: In previous phoria adaptation experiments on normal subjects adaptation tends to reach only approximately 2/3 of the prism-induced phoria while clinical experience indicates that prism adaptation is usually complete. The present data show that increasing the proportion of binocular experience through the phoria-inducing prism allows adaptation to become complete. Longer periods of binocular vision give a better indication of vergence adaptation function. This is particularly important in experiments where normal and abnormal adaptive abilities are being compared.
authors.affiliation: Unit of Optometry, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Box 8056, S-104-20 Stockholm, Sweden. rlb@ste.ki.se
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Brautaset
authors.forename: J A M
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Jennings
mesh_terms: D000221:Adaptation, Ocular; D000328:Adult; D003290:Convergence, Ocular; D005139:Eyeglasses; D006801:Humans; D009907:Optometry / Q000379:methods*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D015348:Vision, Binocular