36 Amblyopia: A Multidisciplinary Approach

Figure 2.17 The effect of A B

positional noise on contour 100 100
detection for the normal (unfilled
symbols) and fellow amblyopic
~ 90 ~ 90
eye (filled symbols) for contours
of varying curvature (from Hess
et aI., 1997).
§ 80 § 80

~ 70 ~ 70

~ 60 ~ 60

C.T. 00
50 50

o 5 10 15 20 o 4 8 12
POSITIONAL SIGMA (pixels) POSITIONAL SIGMA (pixels)

c o
100 100

~ 90 W 90
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80

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60 I: Mon. S. 100
50
o 4 8 12 o 5 10 15 20
POSITIONALSIGMA(pixeis) POSITIONALSIGMA (pixels)

E F
100 100

W 90 ~ 90
§ 80
§ 80

~ 70 ~ 70
~ 60 ~ 60

50 50
o 5 10 15 20 o 5 10 15 20
POSITIONAL SIGMA(pixels) POSITIONALSIGMA (pixels)

anomalous lateral interactions, or do anomalous lateral interactions result in

positional uncertainty?

A POSSIBLE SNAKE

The major problem in amblyopia is positional uncertainty, yet we know so

little about how we encode position - at least for well-separated elements