The relationship between CA/C ratio and individual differences in dynamic accommodative responses while viewing stereoscopic images

Tetsuya Fukushima, Masahito Torii, Kazuhiko Ukai, James S Wolffsohn, Bernard Gilmartin

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Abstract

The oculomotor synergy as expressed by the CA/C and AC/A ratios was investigated to examine its influence on our previous observation that whereas convergence responses to stereoscopic images are generally stable, some individuals exhibit significant accommodative overshoot. Using a modified video refraction unit while viewing a stereoscopic LCD, accommodative and convergence responses to balanced and unbalanced vergence and focal stimuli (BVFS and UBVFS) were measured. Accommodative overshoot of at least 0.3 D was found in 3 out of 8 subjects for UBVFS. The accommodative response differential (RD) was taken to be the difference between the initial response and the subsequent mean static steady-state response. Without overshoot, RD was quantified by finding the initial response component. A mean RD of 0.11 +/- 0.27 D was found for the 1.0 D step UBVFS condition. The mean RD for the BVFS was 0.00 +/- 0.17 D. There was a significant positive correlation between CA/C ratio and RD (r = +0.75, n = 8, p <0.05) for only UBVFS. We propose that inter-subject variation in RD is influenced by the CA/C ratio as follows: an initial convergence response, induced by disparity of the image, generates convergence-driven accommodation commensurate with the CA/C ratio; the associated transient defocus subsequently decays to a balanced position between defocus-induced and convergence-induced accommodations.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)21.1-13
Number of pages13
JournalJournal of Vision
Volume9
Issue number13
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 30 Dec 2009

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Keywords

  • ocular accommodation
  • adult
  • ocular convergence
  • female
  • humans
  • male
  • motion perception
  • photic stimulation
  • vision disparity
  • binocular vision
  • young adult

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