Erratum to ‘‘Development of a training protocol to improve reading performance in peripheral vision” [Vision Res. 50 (1) (2010) 36–45] Deyue Yu *, Gordon E. Legge , Heejung Park , Emily Gage , Susana T.L. Chung a a School of Optometry, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA Department of Psychology, University of Calif...

1 1 2 Contrasting the Roles of the Supplementary and Frontal Eye Fields in Ocular 3 Decision Making 4 5 6 Running title: SEF and FEF in ocular decision 7 8 9 Authors: 10 Shun-nan Yang 1, 2 11 Stephen Heinen 2 12 13 14 Addresses: 15 1 Vision Performance Institute, 2043 College Way, College of Optometry, Pacific 16 University, Forest Grove, Oregon 17 2 Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute, 231...

We read with interest the review written by Evans and Allen, and published in the Journal of Optometry, in July, 2016.1 Systematic reviews are considered the ‘gold-standard’ form of evidence for assessing the effectiveness of therapeutic interventions. A systematic review comprises a focussed question, a comprehensive search strategy to identify all potentially relevant studies, predefined sele...

BACKGROUND The economic burden of uncorrected refractive error (URE) is thought to be high in Mozambique, largely as a consequence of the lack of resources and systems to tackle this largely avoidable problem. The Mozambique Eyecare Project (MEP) has established the first optometry training and human resource deployment initiative to address the burden of URE in Lusophone Africa. The nature of ...

BACKGROUND At present, there is no national population-based retinopathy screening programme for people in Ireland who have diabetes, such as those operating in the UK for over a decade. AIM To evaluate a community-based initiative that utilised existing resources in general practice and community optometry/ophthalmology services to provide screening for diabetic retinopathy. DESIGN AND SET...