Topic: Myopia

Investigate how eye movements shape perception with Martina Poletti and Michele Rucci at the University of Rochester. Research spans spatial representations, foveal and peripheral processing, attention, retinal anatomy, emmetropization and myopia. The laboratory combines human psychophysics, controlled retinal stimulation, computational modelling, precise eye and head tracking, retinal imaging and EEG during active vision. Researchers work within the Center for Visual Science and Brain and Cognitive Sciences, with collaborations in optics, neuroscience and ophthalmology. Applications comprise

Myopia is predicted to affect 50% of all people worldwide by 2050, and is a risk factor for significant, potentially blinding ocular pathologies, such as retinal detachment and glaucoma. Thus, there is significant motivation to better understand the process of myopigenesis and to develop effective anti-myopigenic treatments. In nearly all cases of human myopia, scleral remodeling is an obligate step in the axial elongation that characterizes the condition. Here I will describe the development of a biomechanical assay based on transient unconfined compression of scleral samples. By treating the