Small foveal targets for studies of accommodation and the Stiles-Crawford effect

Vision Research
Philip B KrugerHai Nhu Nguyen

Abstract

The properties of small monochromatic targets as accommodative stimuli are not well understood. We used a dynamic optometer to record accommodation responses to monochromatic disc targets (1.0-27.3 min arc) and to a Maltese cross. Accommodation responded adequately to points as small as 13.6 min arc. The response to these small targets is relevant to the question of whether the Stiles-Crawford (SC) effect could provide a stimulus to accommodation. Previous studies have used pupil apodizing filters to neutralise the natural SC function and so determine how visual performance or accommodation is influenced by the SC effect. However, these filters cannot correct for known inhomogeneities in the SC function across the retina for extended targets. Therefore, we calculated the SC function inhomogeneities across the retinal image of a smaller 13.6-min arc target. Unfortunately, even this small target is too large to permit a homogenous SC function across its extent. Alternatives to the apodizing filter approach are discussed.

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