Eye Movements, Strabismus, Amblyopia, and Neuro-Ophthalmology Effects of Induced Monocular Blur versus Anisometropic Amblyopia on Saccades, Reaching, and Eye-Hand Coordination

METHODS. Twelve visually-normal participants performed saccades and reach-to-touch movements to targets presented on a computer screen during binocular and monocular viewing. A contact lens was used to blur the vision of one eye to a mean acuity level of 20/50. Saccades and reaching kinematics were compared before blur, immediately after blur, and 5 hours after blur was induced. The 5 hours after blur kinematic data from visually-normal participants also were compared to those from 12 patients with anisometropic amblyopia who had comparable acuity in the amblyopic eye.