Chuan Hou

Senior Scientist

M.D., Ph.D.

The research in my lab focuses on the sensory processing in binocular vision and its disruption by amblyopia and strabismus. The current project is to use EEG source imaging combined with psychophysics and pupil tracking to investigate the role of selective visual attention in interocular suppression, as well as the spatial and temporal dynamics of visual processing in people with disrupted binocularity.

Hou Lab
Contact Information:

Email: chuanhou@ski.org

Office Phone: 415-345-2073

Fax: 415-345-8455


2318 Fillmore St

San Francisco, CA 94115

Publications

Zhou, Z., & Hou, C. (2025). Attentional Eye Selection Affects Perception During Binocular Rivalry.. https://doi.org/10.1167/tvst.14.10.26

Good, W. V., Wong, R. J., Norcia, A. ., Hou, C. ., Cellucci, J. ., McGovern, M. ., … Bhutani, V. K. (2025). Effect of bilirubin on visuocortical development in preterm infants. Journal of Perinatology. 10.1038/s41372-025-02213-4 (Original work published 2025)

Hou, C. ., Zhou, Z. ., Uner, I. J., & Nicholas, S. C. (2024). Visual Cortical Function Changes After Perceptual Learning with Dichoptic Attention Tasks in Adults with Amblyopia: A Case Study Evaluated Using fMRI. Brain Science, 14(11). https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci14111148

Hou, C. . (2023). A new approach to measure interocular suppression in amblyopia and strabismus. MethodsX, 12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mex.2023.102527 (Original work published 2024)

Hou, C. . (2022). A novel method for utilizing dichoptic attention tasks in amblyopic training. MethodsX , 9 (101829). Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mex.2022.101829 (Original work published 2022)

Hou, C. ., & Nicholas, S. . (2022). Perceptual learning with dichoptic attention tasks improves attentional modulation in V1 and IPS and reduces interocular suppression in human amblyopia. Scientific Reports, 12(1). 10.1038/s41598-022-13747-4 (Original work published 2022)

Good, W. V., Wong, R. J., Norcia, A. M., Stevenson, D. K., Slagel, T. ., Hou, C. ., & Bhutani, V. K. (2022). Bilirubin-induced neurotoxicity and visuocortical dysfunction. Journal of Perinatology, 43, 240-241. 10.1038/s41372-022-01417-2 (Original work published 2022)

Hou, C. ., Tyson, T. L., Uner, I. J., Nicholas, S. ., & Verghese, P. . (2021). Excitatory Contribution to Binocular Interactions in Human Visual Cortex is Reduced in Strabismic Amblyopia. Journal of Neuroscience. 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0268-21.2021 (Original work published 2021)

Hou, C. ., & Munares, G. A. (2021). Feature Counting Is Impaired When Shifting Attention Between the Eyes in Adults With Amblyopia. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 15. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2021.674146 (Original work published 2021)

Wong-Kee-You, A. M. B., Wei, H. ., & Hou, C. . (2020). Feature Counting Under Dichoptic Viewing in Anisometropic and Strabismic Amblyopia. Translational Vision Science & Technology, 9(6), 13-13. doi:https://doi.org/10.1167/tvst.9.6.13 (Original work published 2020)

Hou, C. ., Nicholas, S. C., & Verghese, P. . (2020). Contrast Normalization Accounts for Binocular Interactions in Human Striate and Extra-striate Visual Cortex. Journal of Neuroscience, 40(13), 2753-2763. (Original work published 2020)

Hou, C. ., Good, W. V., & Norcia, A. M. (2018). Detection of Amblyopia Using Sweep VEP Vernier and Grating Acuity. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 59(1;59(3), 1435–1442. 10.1167/iovs.17-23021 (Original work published 2018)

Projects

Labs

  • Good Lab
    Good Lab
    Principal Investigator:
    Our laboratory studies the conditions which cause monocular or bilateral blindness in infants and children.
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