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Stereoscopic eye exercises and visual acuity. 1990

D I Lasky, and A M Lasky

Psychology Department, Lebanon Valley College, Annville, PA 17003.

The present study was done to investigate the effects of stereoscopic eye exercises on visual acuity, testing 20 college students (9 men and 11 women, ages 18 to 35 yr.). Visual acuity was assessed before and after the exercises through six tests: far vision--both eyes, right eye; left eye; and near vision--both eyes, right eye, left eye. Statistically significant improvements were found on five of the six pretest-posttest comparisons: far vision--both eyes, right eye, and left eye; and near vision--both eyes, right eye, and left eye. Changes in far vision, right eye only approached significance. Limitations of the present study were discussed, and recommendations for research were presented.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D009216	Myopia	A refractive error in which rays of light entering the EYE parallel to the optic axis are brought to a focus in front of the RETINA when accommodation (ACCOMMODATION, OCULAR) is relaxed. This results from an overly curved CORNEA or from the eyeball being too long from front to back. It is also called nearsightedness.	Nearsightedness,Myopias,Nearsightednesses
D010364	Pattern Recognition, Visual	Mental process to visually perceive a critical number of facts (the pattern), such as characters, shapes, displays, or designs.	Recognition, Visual Pattern,Visual Pattern Recognition
D003867	Depth Perception	Perception of three-dimensionality.	Stereopsis,Stereoscopic Vision,Depth Perceptions,Perception, Depth,Perceptions, Depth,Stereopses,Stereoscopic Visions,Vision, Stereoscopic,Visions, Stereoscopic
D005260	Female		Females
D005403	Fixation, Ocular	Positioning and accommodation of eyes that allows the image to be brought into place on the FOVEA CENTRALIS of each eye.	Focusing, Ocular,Ocular Fixation,Eye Gaze,Eye Gazes,Gaze, Eye,Gazes, Eye,Ocular Focusing
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000293	Adolescent	A person 13 to 18 years of age.	Adolescence,Youth,Adolescents,Adolescents, Female,Adolescents, Male,Teenagers,Teens,Adolescent, Female,Adolescent, Male,Female Adolescent,Female Adolescents,Male Adolescent,Male Adolescents,Teen,Teenager,Youths
D000328	Adult	A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available.	Adults
D001288	Attention	Focusing on certain aspects of current experience to the exclusion of others. It is the act of heeding or taking notice or concentrating.	Focus of Attention,Selective Attention,Social Attention,Attention Focus,Attention, Selective,Attention, Social,Selective Attentions