Category Archives: Eye connections
I walk the line
On my first visit for vision therapy, my Behavioral Optometrist had me to take off my shoes and walk in my stocking feet a straight line made from a strip of masking tape stuck to the floor. She assured me it was not a “sobriety test,” but even so I thought this was a bit off the wall! I obligingly did it though — well I tried to do it. I felt clumsy and uncoordinated trying to put one foot in front of the other, keep my big toes on the line, point my index finger to the opposite toe, and keep pace with the beat of a metronome, all the while counting “one, two, three, four, one, two, three, four…” Continue reading
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Does this photo bother you?
Oh, it’s excellent photography. This photo is done by the same photographer who snapped the spiral Staircase photo in our Featured Photo area. It’s not the photography, but the subject, that gets to me. Whenever I see a photo of … Continue reading
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Did Rembrandt have strabismus?
An article entitled Was Rembrandt stereoblind?, outlining research by Professor Margaret Livingstone and colleagues, was published in the September 14, 2004, issue of New England Journal of Medicine. After studying 36 of Rembrandt’s self-portraits, and noting that the left eye … Continue reading
Strabismus and posture
A former professor at the Southern College of Optometry in Memphis, TN, told me of an interesting experience. He said one of his instructors walked around a classroom, observing posture. His instructor could tell just by looking at their posture … Continue reading
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