Vision Impairment Provides New Insight Into Self-Motion Perception.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Leading causes of irreversible blindness such as age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and glaucoma can, respectively, lead to central or peripheral vision loss. The ability of sufferers to process visual motion information can be impacted even during early stages of eye disease. We used head-mounted display virtual reality as a tool to better understand how vision changes caused by eye diseases directly affect the processing of visual information critical for self-motion perception.

Methods

Participants with intermediate AMD or early manifest glaucoma with near-normal visual acuities and visual fields were recruited for this study. We examined their experiences of self-motion in depth (linear vection), spatial presence, and cybersickness when viewing radially expan

SUBMITTER: Luu W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7862735 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature