Open AccessThe Mind Cannot Go Blind: Effects of Central Vision Loss on Judging One's Crossing Time
Author(s) -
Madeline Graber,
Shirin E. Hassan
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
optometry and vision science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.779
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1538-9235
pISSN - 1040-5488
DOI - 10.1097/opx.0000000000001525
Subject(s) - audiology , statistics , level crossing , demography , psychology , medicine , mathematics , geography , archaeology , sociology
This study explored whether people with AMD can accurately judge the time they need to cross the street. The results suggest that AMD-related vision loss does not affect a person's ability to estimate his/her own street-crossing time, whereas familiarity with the street does.