Browsing Theses by Supervisor "Thompson, Benjamin"
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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 ... -
Binocular vision and fixational eye movements
(University of Waterloo, 2017-07-19)Introduction In observers with amblyopia, abnormal patterns of amblyopic eye (AME) fixational eye movements (FEM) have been associated with monocular (reduced amblyopic eye visual acuity) and binocular sensory deficits ... -
Investigating the Effect of Mild TBI on the Global Processing of Form and Motion
(University of Waterloo, 2018-09-10)Purpose: Individuals with mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) often experience a range of visual symptoms. The cortical processing of visual information involves two parallel streams; the ventral stream (form perception) and ... -
Investigating the enhancement of visual cortex plasticity through non-invasive brain stimulation
(University of Waterloo, 2024-01-02)Purpose: (1) To investigate the effects of various non-invasive brain stimulation (NIBS) modalities, including high-frequency transcranial random noise stimulation (hf-tRNS), anodal transcranial direct current stimulation ... -
Neural modulation of the human visual cortex
(University of Waterloo, 2020-09-30)Neuroplasticity is a phenomenon that refers to the brain’s ability to reorganize, strengthen, and form neural connections, a process that becomes increasingly more difficult with age. Gamma amino-butyric acid (GABA), the ... -
Non-invasive brain stimulation of the primary visual cortex of healthy adults and individuals with amblyopia
(University of Waterloo, 2021-05-03)Introduction: Amblyopia is a neurological condition that affects the visual cortex and causes visual deficits, typically in one eye. Recovery from amblyopia requires significant visual cortex neuroplasticity to allow for ... -
Stereocoherence thresholds as a measure of global stereopsis
(University of Waterloo, 2017-06-14)Purpose: The purpose of this study was to develop a robust and reliable clinical test of stereopsis that is complementary to the conventional disparity threshold tests. Methods: Random dot stereograms containing ... -
Stimulus characteristics of a novel air-based multiple stimulus aesthesiometer
(University of Waterloo, 2022-01-05)Purpose: To (1) develop a novel air-based aesthesiometer capable of producing and applying multiple stimuli separated either by time or space; (2) identify the stimulus airflow characteristics and confirm the consistency ... -
Understanding the Mechanisms Underlying Brain Plasticity in Adult Humans
(University of Waterloo, 2017-09-22)Purpose: The human brain changes signi cantly with age. The plasticity of the visual cortex is thought to decrease into adulthood while childrens' brains are highly plastic. This change in plasticity is thought to be due, ...