title: Initial destination of the disaccommodation step response.
abstract: Peak velocity and peak acceleration of disaccommodation step responses remain invariant of response magnitude for a constant starting position and they increase linearly with proximity of starting position. This suggests that disaccommodation response is initiated towards an initial (default) destination and is switched mid-flight to attain the desired final destination. The dioptric location of initial destination was estimated from the x-intercept of regression of peak velocity on response starting position. The x-intercept correlated well with subject's cycloplegic refractive state and poorly with their dark focus of accommodation. Altering the dark focus by inducing fatigue in the accommodative system did not alter the x-intercept. These observations suggest that cycloplegic refractive state is a good behavioral correlate of initial destination of disaccommodation step responses.
authors.affiliation: School of Optometry, University of California at Berkeley, 94720, USA.
authors.forename: Shrikant R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Bharadwaj
authors.forename: Clifton M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Schor
mesh_terms: D000065:Accommodation, Ocular / Q000502:physiology*; D002924:Ciliary Body / Q000502:physiology; D003867:Depth Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D010775:Photic Stimulation / Q000379:methods; D011214:Practice, Psychological; D011601:Psychophysics; D012029:Refraction, Ocular / Q000502:physiology; D012030:Refractive Errors / Q000503:physiopathology