Abstract
Presentation Description :
Attention mediates conscious awareness of sensory inputs and abnormal attentional processes can cause sensory impairment. Several research groups have tested the hypothesis that abnormal visual attention may contribute to the vision deficits associated with amblyopia. I will provide an overview of the current literature on visual attention and amblyopia. Based on current observations, attention mechanisms supporting spatial cueing appear to be intact in amblyopia, even when the cues involve complex stimuli such as facial expressions. However attentive tracking, conjunctive visual search and enumeration deficits have been reported in amblyopia along with abnormal interocular allocation of attention that may contribute to interocular suppression. Together, the current literature suggests that abnormal development of a sub-set of visual attention mechanisms may contribute to amblyopia.
This abstract was presented at the 2024 ARVO Annual Meeting, held in Seattle, WA, May 5-9, 2024.