Open AccessNEUROVISUAL ADAPTATIONS TO SUBNORMAL VISION IN CHILDREN
Author(s) -
CRElG S. Hoyt
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1440-1606
pISSN - 0814-9763
DOI - 10.1111/j.1442-9071.1987.tb01782.x
Subject(s) - psychology , adaptation (eye) , head (geology) , neuroscience , neural system , neuroplasticity , cognitive psychology , optometry , physical medicine and rehabilitation , medicine , biology , paleontology
Neurovisual adaptations to subnormal vision in children are of practical importance and need to be remembered in the management of children with low vision The physiological adaptations discussed include shortening the focal distance, abnormal head positions, compensatory head movements, and ocular motor search strategies In addition the concept of neural plasticity, particularly in respect to the ability of the extrageniculate striaete system to assume primary visual function in cortically damaged children is discussed .