So why aren't all old people dyslexic?????
On 26 Mar 1998 11:55:48 -0000, Michael Hogan <Michael.Hogan at UCG.IE>
wrote:
>Have any of you come across any studies which have looked at
>optokinetic tracking and the blurring speed (visual tracking limits)
>in the elderly population. Lewinson (1990) used a 3-D optical
>scanner (basically a projector) to test the blurring speed of young
>dyslexic and non-dyslexic groups. He suggested that this tracking
>ability was a measure of cerebellar functioning and found it to
>correlate with measures of Romberg balance. Also, both cerebellar
>abilities had discriminative validity and distinguised dyslexic and
>non-dyslexic groups.
>Aging is associated with declines in balance and visual tracking (if
>you want references ask me, I'll send you a chapter). But I have not
>found studies which specifically use the blurring speed methodology.
>Have any of you?
>Give us a hand here folks.
>Mike Hogan. Ireland.
