Oculomotor Demands for Target Stabilization without Central Vision
Description: Public Health Relevance Central field loss due to age-related macular degeneration is highly prevalent, debilitating, and can lead to accidents and injury. The individuals’ decreased visual acuity and inability to correctly make compensatory eye movements and exploratory gaze shifts make performing daily tasks such as navigating a crowded street very difficult and even dangerous. This proposal investigates how loss of central vision affects individuals’ ability to look between objects in depth, stabilize objects on the retina during linear motion (e.g., walking), and coordinate eye and head movements to resolve oculomotor conflicts to appropriately meet gaze-shifting demands.
Funder: National Institutes of Health
Amount: $486,900
Funding type: research
Funder scheme: R01
Start date: 2024-06-01
End date: 2029-03-31
Investigator: NATELA M. SHANIDZE
Institution: SMITH-KETTLEWELL EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE
Funded outputs count: 3
Funder award ID: 1r01ey036172-01
OpenAlex ID: G7512334311