Eye training study gets funding

Researchers in the US have been awarded a $1.6m grant to study limitations in how people process visual information and how training can improve performance when the task is dependent on visual analysis.

The findings could be useful for certain professions that require complex interaction with visual displays, for example pilots and air traffic controllers, and also those diagnosed as dyslexic or amblyopic.

Barbara Anne Dosher at the University of California, Irvine, and Zhong-Lin Lu at the University of Southern California, will perform studies on individuals with normal vision using controlled visual displays.

'Human vision is a complex and marvellous ability that requires the brain to seamlessly merge a number of complex computations and analyses,' added Dosher.