OPT 6414 Binocular Vision/Ocular Motility
Three hours of lecture and two hours of lab per week. A clinical approach to the psychophysical and physiological bases of binocular vision including principles of stereopsis, retinal correspondence, retinal disparity, rivalry, fusion, the horopter, physiological and pathological diplopia, suppression, and binocular summation. Sensory adaptation to abnormal binocular conditions to include pathological suppression, binocular confusion and amblyogenesis and the treatment of amblyopia. Retinal to brain neuro-pathways. Panum's fusional area. Innervation and actions of the extraocular muscles. Types of eye movements and their control mechanisms. Accommodation, pupillary reflexes and their control mechanisms. An introduction to the field of vision therapy in remediation of binocular vision and extraocular muscle disorders. Laboratories follow lectures closely exemplifying basic principals with hands-on exposure to real-world testing as well theoretical approaches.
Offered
Fall