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

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

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

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

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 →
If Vision Therapy were an alternative treatment, what exactly is it an alternative to?

If Vision Therapy were an alternative treatment, what exactly is it an alternative to?

Nothing annoys me more than someone calling developmental or behavioral optometry ‘alternative medicine’. What exactly is it an alternative to? Cutting into peoples eye muscles leaving them with an even greater challeng e to overcome? Too often poor eye control is blamed on the muscles surrounding the eyes and surgery…continue reading →

How does sensory development in dogs and wolves relate to behavioral optometry?

Genetically, dogs and wolves are the same species. They are able to hybridize, will happily do so given the opportunity, and the offspring are healthy and fertile. In spite of their genetic similarities, behaviourally speaking they are very different. To tame a wolf is practically impossible. Why this is when…continue reading →
Book Review: Suddenly Successful: How Behavioral Optometry Helps You Overcome Learning, Health And Behavioral Problems

Book Review: Suddenly Successful: How Behavioral Optometry Helps You Overcome Learning, Health And Behavioral Problems

One word: mind-boggling. Anyone with eyes should read it and honestly I had some problems curbing my enthusiasm. Having discovered about Vision Therapy through the internet and Susan Barry’s 2009 publication ‘Fixing my Gaze’ which is equally mind blowing and emphasizes the beauty and advantages of having stereovision and the brain…continue reading →