NIH R01 · 2024
Accommodation and Defocus in the Infant Visual System
Project Summary/Abstract: Postnatal development of the human visual system is dependent on visual experience. Abnormal visual experience during infancy and childhood can lead to strabismic misalignment of the eyes and amblyopia. The goal of the proposed research is to understand how the visual system uses its available natural experience to coordinate eye alignment and focus during infancy and early childhood, in the context of prevention of these clinical conditions. There are two interrelated projects: i) To understand how depth information across the visual field can be used to coordinate eye alignment and focus during early postnatal development, and how common clinical disorders during…
From the public funding record at NIH RePORTER. Describes the funded project, not the reviews below.