Visuospatial attention in myopia

Massimo Turatto; Andrea Facoetti; Giovanna Serra; Francesco Benso; Mario Angi; Carlo Umiltà; Gian Gastone Mascetti

doi:10.1016/S0926-6410(99)00025-7

Visuospatial attention in myopia

Massimo Turatto, Andrea Facoetti, Giovanna Serra, Francesco Benso, Mario Angi, Carlo Umiltà, Gian Gastone Mascetti

Istituto "Eugenio Medea" - Associazione La Nostra Famiglia

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Abstract

Four experiments were conducted to ascertain whether myopia is associated with deficits of visuospatial attention. In myopic and emmetropic control subjects, we studied: (1) automatic and voluntary orienting of attention, (2) focusing of attention and (3) performance on a visual search task. The results indicated that automatic orienting was defective in myopics and their performance in visual search was less efficient than that of controls. By contrast, myopics showed no deficits in voluntary orienting and in focusing.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	369-372
Number of pages	4
Journal	Cognitive Brain Research
Volume	8
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0926-6410(99)00025-7
Publication status	Published - Oct 25 1999

Keywords

Attentional orienting
Focusing
Myopia
Spatial attention
Visual search

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Behavioral Neuroscience
Cognitive Neuroscience
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

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