Deficient motion perception in the fellow eye of amblyopic children.
The extent of motion processing deficits and M/dorsal pathway involvement in amblyopia is unclear. Fellow eye performance was assessed in amblyopic children for motion-defined (MD) form, global motion, and maximum displacement (Dmax) tasks. Group performance on MD form was significantly worse in amblyopic children than in control children. Global motion deficits were significantly related to residual binocular function. Abnormally elevated Dmax thresholds were most prevalent in children with anisometropia. Our findings from these three uncorrelated tasks implicate involvement of binocular motion-sensitive mechanisms in the neural deficits of amblyopic children with strabismic, anisometropic, and aniso-strabismic etiologies.
Ho
Cindy S
CS
Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada V6T 1Z4. cindyh@interchange.ubc.ca
Giaschi
Deborah E
DE
Boden
Catherine
C
Dougherty
Robert
R
Cline
Roy
R
Lyons
Christopher
C
D000550:Amblyopia / Q000503:physiopathology*; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D015858:Anisometropia / Q000503:physiopathology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005556:Form Perception / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D009039:Motion Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D011601:Psychophysics; D012030:Refractive Errors / Q000503:physiopathology; D013285:Strabismus / Q000503:physiopathology; D014787:Vision Tests / Q000379:methods; D015348:Vision, Binocular / Q000502:physiology