Eye movements and vestibulo-ocular reflex in the blind
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To assess the effect of chronic deprivation of visual feedback, 21 blind patients underwent clinical and electronystagmographical examination. Patients with congenital blindness were characterized by spontaneous eye movements, inability to consciously move the eyes and absence of the vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR), whereas eye movement abnormalities were practically absent in those with blindness acquired late in life. Active visual experience, at least in early life, seems to be crucial for the development of eye movements and VOR adjustment.
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Congenitally blind subjects lack vestibulo-ocular reflexes; such reflexes are present but abnormal in individuals with acquired blindness.
“Congenitally blind subjects lack vestibulo-ocular reflexes, such reflexes are present but abnormal in individuals with acquired blindness (Kompf and Piper 1987; Leigh and Zee 1980; Sherman and Keller 1986).”
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The Conclusions (p. 5) report total abolition of the VOR in congenitally blind subjects and weakening after long-lasting blindness with prior vision. But the Late acquired blindness section (p. 3) says the VOR was normal in every case, so the claim overgeneralizes abnormal VORs to all acquired blindness. (LLM, conf=0.90)
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- Authors
- K�mpf, D., & Piper, H.-F.
- Affiliations
- Universitätsklinikum Erlangen (DE)
- University of Lübeck (DE)
- Venue
- Journal of Neurology
- Published
- 1987-06
- Volume
- 234
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 337-341
- ISSN
- 0012-1037 (ISSN-L)
- 0340-5354
- 1432-1459
- OpenAlex
- W2093020972
- Cited by
- 49
- References
- 18
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- FWCI
- 0.00
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Journal of Neurology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Neurology › Vestibular and auditory disorders
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Motor Control and Adaptation
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Visual perception and processing mechanisms
- Keywords
- eye movements, vestibulo-ocular reflex, blindness, congenital blindness, acquired blindness, visual deprivation, spontaneous eye movements, electronystagmography, visual experience
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Blindness, Child, Electroencephalography, Electrooculography, Eye Movements, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Nystagmus, Physiologic, Reflex, Vestibulo-Ocular
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