Blurry means good focus: Myopia and visual attention
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McKone, Elinor; Aimola Davies, Anne; Fernando, Dinusha
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A correlation between myopia and visuo-spatial attention is reported. More severe myopia was found to be associated with better ability to quickly narrow the focus of visual attention to a small region of space (assessed via interference from spatial proximity of to-be-ignored inverted half-faces), in a task where local focus was explicitly required. There was no myopia association with size of the default attentional window, when the need to respond to either small local or larger global...[Show more]
dc.contributor.author | McKone, Elinor | |
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dc.contributor.author | Aimola Davies, Anne | |
dc.contributor.author | Fernando, Dinusha | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-12-08T22:24:56Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0301-0066 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/33202 | |
dc.description.abstract | A correlation between myopia and visuo-spatial attention is reported. More severe myopia was found to be associated with better ability to quickly narrow the focus of visual attention to a small region of space (assessed via interference from spatial proximity of to-be-ignored inverted half-faces), in a task where local focus was explicitly required. There was no myopia association with size of the default attentional window, when the need to respond to either small local or larger global regions was equally likely (in a particular Navon figure task). Results suggest that myopics might allocate attention more narrowly than individuals with normal eyesight in certain functionally important visual tasks (eg reading) but not others (eg driving). | |
dc.publisher | Pion Ltd | |
dc.source | Perception | |
dc.subject | Keywords: adolescent; adult; article; attention; face; human; methodology; myopia; pattern recognition; photostimulation; psychological aspect; receptive field; Adolescent; Adult; Attention; Face; Field Dependence-Independence; Humans; Myopia; Pattern Recognition, | |
dc.title | Blurry means good focus: Myopia and visual attention | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
local.description.notes | Imported from ARIES | |
local.identifier.citationvolume | 37 | |
dc.date.issued | 2008 | |
local.identifier.absfor | 170112 - Sensory Processes, Perception and Performance | |
local.identifier.absfor | 170199 - Psychology not elsewhere classified | |
local.identifier.ariespublication | u9312950xPUB99 | |
local.type.status | Published Version | |
local.contributor.affiliation | McKone, Elinor, College of Medicine, Biology and Environment, ANU | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Aimola Davies, Anne, College of Medicine, Biology and Environment, ANU | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Fernando, Dinusha, College of Medicine, Biology and Environment, ANU | |
local.description.embargo | 2037-12-31 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.issue | 11 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage | 1765 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage | 1768 | |
local.identifier.doi | 10.1068/p6156 | |
dc.date.updated | 2016-02-24T11:58:30Z | |
local.identifier.scopusID | 2-s2.0-56849115405 | |
local.identifier.thomsonID | 000262211200011 | |
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