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Temporal instabilities in amblyopic perception: A quantitative approach

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Thiel,  A.
Neurophysiology Department, Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, Max Planck Society;

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Iftime,  A.
Neurophysiology Department, Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, Max Planck Society;

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Thiel, A., & Iftime, A. (2016). Temporal instabilities in amblyopic perception: A quantitative approach. Perception, 45(4), 443-465.


Cite as: https://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-001M-0000-002E-58F9-5
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to quantify the temporal characteristics of spatial misperceptions in human amblyopia. Twenty-two adult participants with strabismus, strabismic, anisometropic, or mixed amblyopia were asked to describe their subjective percept of static geometrical patterns with different spatial frequencies and shapes, as seen with their non-dominant eye. We generated digital reconstructions of their perception (static images or movies) that were subsequently validated by the subjects using consecutive matching sessions. We calculated the Shannon entropy variation in time for each recorded movie, as a measure of temporal instability. Nineteen of the 22 subjects perceived temporal instabilities that can be broadly classified in two categories. We found that the average frequency of the perceived temporal instabilities is approximate to 1Hz. The stimuli with higher spatial frequencies yielded more often temporally unstable perceptions with higher frequencies. We suggest that type and amount of temporal instabilities in amblyopic vision are correlated with the etiology and spatial frequency of the stimulus.