Manfred MacKeben, Ph.D.

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Objective

Work in this laboratory is devoted to researching facts and developing tools to help the rehabilitation of people with low vision, especially those with macular vision loss.

Projects

Vision assessment after macular vision loss - The Macular Mapping Test

Focal attention and letter recognition in the retinal periphery

Sustained and transient attentional mechanisms in the retinal periphery

Optimizing conditions for peripheral reading and letter recognition

Analysis of behavior and eye movements in children with dyslexia

Analysis of motion perception in two different contexts: Age-Related Maculopathy [ARM] and Attention

How patients with low vision perform in a “search and identify” paradigm

Self-exploration of the visual field by low vision patients

Analysis of macular vision by Scanning Laser Ophthalmoscope (SLO)

List of Publications

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The Low Vision and Eccentric Viewing Research Laboratory at The Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute

Manfred MacKeben, Ph.D. - Scientist

2318 Fillmore Street
San Francisco, CA 94115, USA
PHONE: (415) 345-2112
FAX: (415) 345-8455
EMAIL: mm (at) ski.org
see also http://macularmapping.com/

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