2017
Eye Exam in the Virtual World: A Pilot Study
Chen Ying-LingCorresponding author
University of Tennessee Space Institute, 411 B. H. Goethert Parkway, Tullahoma.
Overview
The brain and the optical (visual) pathway together form the system by which light entering the eye is converted into the experience of sight. Light is focused by the cornea and lens onto the retina, where photoreceptor cells transform it into electrical signals; these travel along the optic nerve, partially cross at the optic chiasm, and pass through structures including the lateral geniculate nucleus to reach the visual cortex at the back of the brain, where the information is interpreted as images. Because vision depends on this entire chain, damage at any point, from the eye to the brain, can impair sight, and the study of the visual pathway is central to understanding both ophthalmic and neurological disorders. The journal Ophthalmic Science publishes peer-reviewed research on the eye, vision, and their disorders. This page presents an encyclopedic overview of the brain and optical pathway tied to the journal's broad scope; the available research does not focus specifically on the central visual pathway, so no individual study is cited here. This page gathers open-access scholarship relevant to Ophthalmic Science, supporting evidence-based understanding of how the eye and brain work together to produce vision.
Research published in this journal
1 peer-reviewed article, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.
How this research is being cited
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2017 · Journal of Ophthalmic Science
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