Visual Neuroscience and Function Theme

Seeing, understanding and delivering

Led by Professor Andrew Stockman
Deputy Theme Lead: Dr Tessa Dekker

We are finding new ways to measure vision so that clinical assessment is more accurate. We do this by:

Improving visual function tests so they are more sensitive
Finding new ways to enable patients to report changes in their own vision
Developing ways to measure the impact of vision loss on everyday activities such as reading, navigation or recognising faces
Basic visual neuroscience that helps us understand the contributions of rod and cone photoreceptors to visual function, and developmental changes in visual perception and vision integration
The effectiveness of specific interventions for preventing or delaying vision loss