Dennis M. Levi

Affiliate Senior Scientist

O.D.
Ph.D.

Our research focuses on the mechanisms of pattern vision, and the influence of abnormal visual development (amblyopia) on those mechanisms.

Contact Information:

Email: dlevi@berkeley.edu


Links:
Levi Lab

Publications

(2026). The best stereoacuity is rarely at the fovea. Vision Research, 240, 108748. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.visres.2025.108748

Verghese P, Chopin A, Gomes-Tomaz Â, Alcalde NG, Levi DM. (2025). Vergence anomalies are associated with impaired stereopsis in amblyopia. Vision Res. 237:108696. doi: 10.1016/j.visres.2025.108696.

Verghese, P., Gauper, A., Nandy, R., Tomaz, A. G., Levi, M. D., & Chopin, A. (2024). Interocular contrast suppression partially accounts for impaired stereopsis in the central visual field of individuals with and without amblyopia. Journal of Vision, 24(10), 1250–1250.

Denkinger, S. ., Antoniou, M.-P. ., Tarello, D. ., Levi, D. M., Backus, B. T., Bavelier, D. e, & Chopin, A. . (2023). The eRDS v6 Stereotest and the Vivid Vision Stereo Test: Two New Tests of Stereoscopic Vision. Translational Vision Science & Technology, 12, 1. 10.1167/tvst.12.3.1 (Original work published 2025)

Chopin, A. ., Silver, M. A., Sheynin, Y. ., Ding, J. ., & Levi, D. M. (2021). Transfer of perceptual learning from local stereopsis to global stereopsis in adults with amblyopia: a preliminary study. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 1244.

Verghese, P. ., McKee, S. P., & Levi, D. M. (2019). Attention Deficits in Amblyopia. Current Opinion in Psychology, 29. (Original work published 2019)

Chopin, A., Bavelier, D., & Levi, D. M. (2019). The prevalence and diagnosis of ‘stereoblindness' in adults less than 60 years of age: a best evidence synthesis. Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics, 39(2), 66–85. https://doi.org/10.1111/opo.12607

Chopin, A., Chan, S. W., Guellai, B., & Bavelier, D. (2019). Binocular non-stereoscopic cues can deceive clinical tests of stereopsis. Scientific Reports, 9(1), 5789. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-42149-2

Chopin, A. ., Levi, D. M., & Bavelier, D. . (2017). Dressmakers show enhanced stereoscopic vision. Scientific Reports, 7, 3435. 10.1038/s41598-017-03425-1 (Original work published 2025)

Chopin, A. ., Levi, D. M., Knill, D. ., & Bavelier, D. . (2016). The absolute disparity anomaly and the mechanism of relative disparities. Journal of Vision, 16, 1-17. 10.1167/16.8.2 (Original work published 2025)

Li, R. W., Mackeben, M. ., Chat, S. W., Kumar, M. ., Ngo, C. ., & Levi, D. M. (2010). Aging and visual counting. PLoS ONE 5(10): E13434.

McKee, S. P., Levi, D. M., & Movshon, J. A. (2003). The pattern of visual deficits in amblyopia. Journal of Vision, 3, 380-405. (Original work published 2003)

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