Browsing Theses by Subject "eye movements"
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Attentional Factors Underlying Binocular Vision Loss in Amblyopia
(University of Waterloo, 2022-01-13)Amblyopia is a neurodevelopmental disorder of vision that results from abnormal visual experience during early development. In addition to significant vision loss in one eye, individuals with amblyopia experience binocular ... -
The Effect of Dual-Tasking on Information Processing in Contact Sport Athletes: Examining the long-term effects of Self-reported Concussion
(University of Waterloo, 2015-09-24)Objective: Concussions have been linked to deficits in executive functions including, memory and attention, and oculomotor dysfunction, all of which are required to play safely and successfully at an elite level. The goal ... -
Fixational eye movements in strabismic amblyopia
(University of Waterloo, 2013-04-29)Purpose: To test the hypothesis that the fixational stability (FS) of the amblyopic eye (AME) in strabismics will improve when binocular integration is enhanced through ocular alignment and inter-ocular suppression is ... -
Mental Model Updating and Eye Movements
(University of Waterloo, 2020-08-31)Two studies investigated what eye movements can reveal about how we process surprising information and use it to update mental models. Mental models guide our actions to make decisions in a dynamic environment. Participants ... -
A Study of Saccade Dynamics and Adaptation in Athletes and Non Athletes
(University of Waterloo, 2004)Purpose: The aim of the study was to delineate differences in saccade characteristics between a population of athletes and non athletes. Aspects specifically investigated were latency, accuracy, peak velocity, and gain ... -
What is the Nature of Anxiety-Related Attentional Bias to Threat?
(University of Waterloo, 2015-07-10)Although attentional biases to threat (ABT) are thought to contribute to the development and persistence of anxiety disorders (e.g., Matthews & Mackintosh, 1998; Mogg & Bradley, 1998), it is not clear whether such biases ...