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Comparison of accommodation and vergence parameters in early and late-onset myopic adults

open access: yesBMC Ophthalmology
Significance Myopia is a growing public health concern, and understanding the visual function differences among adults with different ages of myopia onset is essential for effective management.
Shravya   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Accommodation and vergence status among the 3rd and 4th graders in a mainstream school in Gauteng*

open access: yesAfrican Vision and Eye Health, 2012
Aim: The data presented in this paper is obtained from the study on the prevalence of visual deficien-cies in mainstream and learning disabled schools which revealed no difference in the prevalence of visual deficiencies in both schools.
I. T. Metsing, J. T. Ferreira
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Does Vergence Affect Perceived Size?

open access: yes, 2021
Since Kepler (1604) and Descartes (1637), it has been suggested that ‘vergence’ (the angular rotation of the eyes) plays a key role in size constancy. However, this has never been tested divorced from confounding cues such as changes in the retinal image.
Paul Linton
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False kings and imagined protestants: why schismogenesis does not explain variation in inequality among Indigenous societies of the Pacific Coast Faux rois et protestants imaginaires: pourquoi la schismogenèse n'explique pas les variations des inégalités parmi les sociétés autochtones de la côte pacifique nord‐américaine

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Indigenous societies along the temperate Pacific coast of North America embody diverse cultural institutions. This variation is conventionally classified into two distinct cultural areas: the Northwest Coast (NWC) and California (CAL). Discussion of the environmental, material, social, and ideological variation in these societies has a long and ...
Eric Alden Smith, Brian F. Codding
wiley   +1 more source

Vergence tracking: a tool to assess oculomotor performance in stereoscopic displays

open access: yesJournal of Eye Movement Research, 2012
Oculomotor conflict induced between the accommodative and vergence components in stereoscopic displays represents an unnatural viewing condition. There is now some evidence that stereoscopic viewing may induce discomfort and changes in oculomotor ...
Pascaline Neveu   +4 more
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Proximal vergence and perceived distance

open access: yes, 1986
The purpose of this study was to measure the vergence response to a change in physical distance (proximal vergence) and to evaluate its presumed stimulus, change of perceived distance.
Joubert, Chris
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Equal before time: on the sensory suspension of accumulated time in Sichuan, China Égaux devant le temps : suspension sensorielle du temps accumulé au Sichuan (Chine)

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Food and alcohol indulgence, along with tea‐drinking, gambling, and gossip, are integral to a characteristically Sichuanese ethos of ‘life enjoyment’ (xiangshou shenghuo). Beyond mere pleasure, sensory, ludic, and comic experiences temporarily strip participants of both their formal and subjective qualities.
Angel Nayden
wiley   +1 more source

Walsh & Hoyt: Vergence System

open access: yes, 2005
Vergence eye movements permit stereopsis and prevent diplopia. By moving the eyes in opposite horizontal directions, the vergence system maintains the image of an object on the fovea of each eye, whether the object is located far away or nearby and ...
James A. Sharpe, MD, FRCP(C) (1941-2013); Agnes Wong, MD, PhD, FRCSC
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Vergence, hand and target depth gain modulation.

open access: yes, 2013
A. Summary of gain modulation analysis for HLUs. Vergence (black), hand depth (cyan) and target depth (red) gain modulation indices are shown as a histogram for all HLUs. We used an arbitrary threshold of 0.2 to determine the percentage of “significantly”
Gunnar Blohm (315880)
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Syphilis and ‘Sons of Empire’: The ‘Prostitute’ and Britain's Fighting Arm in Nineteenth ̵ Century Colonial Punjab

open access: yesGender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The British army in India took great care to provide European troops with facilities for sexual relations while anxiously managing venereal disease. Examining archival evidence, political debates and medical discourse from the nineteenth century, this article examines the colonial military enterprise of regulated prostitution in colonial ...
Sameera Chauhan
wiley   +1 more source

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