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An amateur’s golf quest sheds light on how we learn: some vision therapy related thoughts

Posted on April 22, 2013
/Under Michael's Vision Therapy Diary, Neurology, physiology and psychology of (strabismic) vision, Strabismus and sports
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I'm working on some more technical vision nerdy posts for the near future but meanwhile I came accross an interesting Time Magazine article. A 30 year old commercial photographer named Dan McLaughlin living in Portland, Ore., quit his job and decided to make some changes. He committed himself to a…continue reading →

Session 51: The last 10%

Posted on April 16, 2013
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I took the wrong train to get to my optometrists office today. I had to run and still arrived eight minutes late... At least I made it. The running however messed up my visual performance during this training session. I used to be a great runner but it's always been…continue reading →

What other visual anomalies do amblyopes have besides poor stereopsis or reduced visual acuity?

Posted on April 12, 2013
/Under Behavioral Optometry and Vision Therapy research, Frequently Asked Strabismus Questions, Impact of binocular vision disorders on learning and reading, Neurology, physiology and psychology of (strabismic) vision, Strabismus and amblyopia (lazy eye), Strabismus and double vision
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Amblyopia (lazy eye) is the incomplete development of binocular or two-eyed vision in the brain. The most well-known symptoms of amblyopia are the lack of 3D vision (stereopsis) and reduced visual acuity. Notwithstanding, amblyopes also often have other visual anomalies besides poor stereopsis or reduced visual acuity. May also be…continue reading →

The human visual system

Posted on April 10, 2013
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"The sensory system that has been best looked at is the visual system. Primates are highly visual animals and it turns out that human beings probably have, in addition to the primary visual cortices, thirty or more other areas of the cortex devoted to vision. Let's think about what that's…continue reading →

Session 50: Anniversary

Posted on March 14, 2013
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A while ago I came up with an intuitive scale defining the worst kind of double vision leading to 'functional blindness' as -100, the tiniest bit of stereo vision as zero and a visual system performing up to its full potential as +100. Coming from -100, I position myself at…continue reading →

VisionHelp Podcast: Introduction to Visual Neuroscience and Vision Therapy

Posted on March 10, 2013
/Under Behavioral Optometry and Vision Therapy research, Impact of binocular vision disorders on learning and reading, Neurology, physiology and psychology of (strabismic) vision, Strabismus and amblyopia (lazy eye)
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An Introduction to Visual Neuroscience and the Science of Vision Therapy Download: vision-help-podcast-episode-1.mp3 The program features interviews from Dr. Dan Fortenbacher O.D. FCOVD, Dr. Carl Hillier O.D. FCOVD and Dr. Leonard Press O.D. FAAO FCOVD. These three doctors specialize in the field of Developmental Optometry and practice Office-Based Optometric Vision…continue reading →

A glorious occasion in Michigan

Posted on March 7, 2013
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Heather, who has made the occasional guest appearance on this blog, spoke as a patient on the Annual Michigan Vision Therapy Study Group Meeting about her experience with vision therapy. Beneath you can find part of her testimony. It is really inspiring and gives hope to the rest of us…continue reading →

What role do various brain areas play in vision? – Part 2

Posted on February 28, 2013
/Under Michael's Vision Therapy Diary, Neurology, physiology and psychology of (strabismic) vision
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I admit this is DIY brain science, although putting together the information I found on the various brain areas described in Part 1 was very eye-opening to me. That's why I made a schematic overview of the information listed earlier and categorized them into functional groups. This schedule has many deficits in…continue reading →

What role do various brain areas play in vision? – Part 1

Posted on February 26, 2013
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After previously writing about the basal ganglia and the crucial role they play in vision and brain plasticity, I was intrigued and wanted to understand what implications binocular vision dysfunctions have for the brain as a whole more thoroughly. In this post, part 1, I will introduce more related brain…continue reading →

The importance of sleep

Posted on February 24, 2013
/Under Michael's Vision Therapy Diary, Practical VT advice and exercises
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An excerpt of 'The brain that changes itself' struck me as particularly explanatory of why proper sleep is so important to recover from visual brain damage. It also explains why not getting the amount of sleep needed or interruptions of my sleep don't just feel like a bad day but…continue reading →