2005-
Theses presented to the graduate faculty of New England College of Optometry in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science.
Evidence for the involvement of choroidal dopamine in the ocular responses to evening blue light
Dopamine, the choroid, and emmetropization
Visual assistive smartphone application ratings and perspectives from older adults with low vision
Psychophysical and electrophysiological measures of lateral interactions in humans
The effect of ocular axial length on photoreceptors
Relationship between ocular axial length and ganglion cell responses
The effect of task demand on spatial suppression and summation in motion and orientation discrimination: a comparison of young and older adults
Time spent outdoors and other environmental factors predictive of myopia
Driving with hemianopia: a simulator study investigating a vibrotactile advanced driver assistance system
Aniseikonia and stereoacuity: a baseline study to assess its relative impacts on keratoconus
Image size and visual comfort in 3D viewing
The effect of gaze contingency on multifocal electroretinograms
Retinal imaging biomarkers in cerebral small vessel disease: a systematic review
Accommodative changes of the refractive index of the crystalline lens in the human eye
Effects of dietary L-arginine on ocular dimensions in chickens
Impacts of three types of laser refractive surgeries on binocular matching metrics and binocular depth-of-focus ranges derived computationally from higher-order aberrations
Individual differences in performance: random dot kinematograms and axial length
Refractive development in children with a history of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP)
Effect of atropine eye drops on the anterior and posterior segment structures and functions
Diagnostic accuracy of visual field tests for children: a systematic review
Photosensitivity in mild traumatic brain injury: exploration of associated factors and a novel treatment approach
Vision therapy delivered through telemedicine: evaluation of patient experience and efficacy
Preliminary study of the effect of nitric oxide on choroidal thickness in young adults
Bright computer monitors slow eye growth and thicken choroids in chickens
Axial length is associated with individual differences in on- and off-pattern detection
Exploration of factors to maximize visual function in bilateral central vision loss
Retinal and perceptual responses to peripheral blur
Survey and assessment of low vision device use and abandonment
The effects of macular pigment on retinal function and lateral inhibition in healthy adults
Motion-in-depth sharpening and vergence corollary discharge
Visual perceptual abilities in young children diagnosed with cerebral visual impairment versus those with ocular disorders
Wavefront aberrations and glare sensitivity influence on vision
Simultaneous ERG and VEP responses to different interocular contrast ratios as a function of spatial and temporal frequencies in anisometropic amblyopes
Kinetics of dark adaptation in former preterms
Chick chromatic and luminance response to flicker ERG
The effects of age, simulated vision impairment, and distraction on hazard detection while driving
Peripheral retinal signals in human myopia: a study of peripheral retinal contours using biometric and optical quality parameters
Ocular profile and optical quality in anisomyopia
Characteristics of the preferred retinal loci in people with bilateral central scotomas
The spectral composition of artificial illuminants and their effects on eye growth in chicks
A clinical comparison of four warm compress devices
Time-of-day variations in the effects of visual stimuli and Pirenzepine on ocular circadian rhythms in chicks
Temporal frequency response of the emmetropization mechanism in chicks to luminance flicker with and without blue light
The effect of aging on peripheral chromatic sensitivity
Evaluation of chromatic and achromatic visual pathways after mild traumatic brain injury using electrophysiology
Measuring outcomes of low vision rehabilitation delivered by a mobile clinic
Mechanisms of motion sharpening in stereoscopic motion in depth
Effect of duration and temporal modulation of monochromatic light on emmetropization in chicks
Accommodation and lens deformation in the myopic eye
Time-of-day influences on emmetropization: effects of visual stimuli, a dopamine agonist and choroidal growth factors
Binocular interactions during rapid alternating occlusion as measured with visual evoked potentials
Effects of myopic defocus on ocular biometrics at different times of the day
Blur perception and eye movements: relationship to refractive error
Quality of functional vision through adjustable spectacles [FocusSpecs]
Accuracy of the SPOT, a photoscreening device, for detecting refractive amblyogenic risk factors in preschoolers
Peripheral vision, accommodation, and blur perception in myopia
Indoor and outdoor eye movements in myopia
A pilot study of short-term changes in ocular components in myopic and non-myopic young adults after light therapy
The effect of light intensity and accommodation on short-term ocular changes in myopes and emmetropes
Autonomic control of the emmetropization process in the chick
Efficacy of antibody delivery to the retina and optic nerve by topical administration
Using molecular dynamics simulations to understand mechanisms of neovascularization in age-related macular degeneration
Regional localization of binding and parsing in the brains of stroke patients using perceptual tests
Assessing the quality of functional vision through AdSpecs
Collision judgments of patients with homonymous field defects
Retinal nerve fiber layer thickness in glaucoma and Alzheimer's disease by spectral domain optical coherence tomography: a pilot study
Measurement of the effects of biometrical factors on the peripheral refraction of emmetropic and myopic eyes
Mechanisms of emmetropization: evidence that dopamine acts upstream of nitric oxide in the signaling cascade mediating ocular growth inhibition
The role of dopamine in eye growth responses to color and luminance flicker in chicks
Optical and perceptual considerations when prescribing prisms for hemianopia
Investigation of retinal characteristics in treated amblyopia
Regional variation of perifoveal acuity, retinal thickness and retinal contour in myopia
Investigation of the distribution of alpha-smooth muscle actin positive cells at collector channel ostia in normal human eyes
Refractive group differences in outdoor activity in children and young adults
Measurement of the photoreceptor pointing in the living chick eye
Muscarinic mechanisms in emmetropization in the chick: evidence for differences in form deprivation versus negative lens-wear
Age-related changes of ocular dimensions in white leghorn chicken with additional insights on an ocular hypertension model in the chicken
Tactile-visual cross modal transfer after an extended period of congenital blindness
Optical quality and visual performance associated with daily soft contact lens wear
High resolution imaging of the chick retina using adaptive optics
Validity and repeatability of computerized visual acuity devices, SS II and Eva, for HOTV visual acuity measurements in young healthy adults under habitual-corrected and myopic-blur conditions
Axial, choroidal and refractive responses to myopic defocus induced by spectacle lenses versus prior form deprivation in chicks
Differences in peripheral aberrations between emmetropes and myopes after a period of sustained near work
Retinal contour and peripheral aberrations: the effects of accommodation in different refractive error groups
Imaging of retinal blood vessels in the assessment of Alzheimer disease and dementia risk
The relationship between diabetes mellitus and exfoliation syndrome in a United States veterans population: a case-control study
Eye shape and peripheral refractive error in the development of myopia
Vision screening in preschoolers (VSP) study
Using corneal characteristics to predict corneal change in overnight orthokeratology
Efficacy of topical delivery of potentially therapeutic peptides and monoclonal antibodies to the posterior segment of the rat eye in eye drops versus PharmaLight technology
Color, tilt, and the Hermann grid illusion
Topically applied leptin accumulates in the eye and hypothalamus but does not influence food intake in rats
Field measures of refractive error
Effects of various nitric oxide synthase inhibitors on the choroidal and growth responses in emmetropization in chicks
Macular thickness in diabetic and non-diabetic veterans as measured by optical coherence tomography
Vergence registration in the dark
Effects of overnight orthokeratology on phoria, vergence, and accommodation in children
Further explorations of aqueous humour drainage in enucleated human and bovine eyes
Compensation for the degraded retinal image within the human visual system: an investigation of contrast constancy for simple and complex stimuli
Characteristics of accommodative behavior during sustained periods of near work in humans and primates