Eye and Vision Research Group

Vision is rated as the most important of the five senses; it is responsible for more than 80% of input to the brain
Eye and vision
The Eye and Vision Research Group are an inter-professional group of scientists and clinicians who focus on structure and function of the eye, visual perception, and clinical measurement of vision and visual dysfunction.

Ocular Accommodation Research
The Ocular Accommodation Research Lab

Conducting investigations to measure the accommodative function using different techniques and instruments
Ageing and Vascular Health
Ageing and Vascular Health

The research interests of this group focus around ageing, vascular health and neurodegenerative disease
The Ocular Biomechanics Research Laboratory
The Ocular Biomechanics Research Laboratory

Investigating the eye as a living biomechanical structure
The Cataract and Refractive Surgery Research Laboratory
The Cataract and Refractive Surgery Research Laboratory

Conducting both in-vivo and in-vitro investigations to examine the efficacy of IOL designs and the surgical techniques used to implant them
Basic and Applied Visual Psychophysics Group
Basic and Applied Visual Psychophysics Group

Researching to understand shape, object, colour, motion and face perception, to the development of clinical tests for ocular diseases
Macro Eye - Abstract extreme close up shot. Beautiful eye colored by a rainbow of colors by Laura Lee Cobb, courtesy of Shutterstock
The Human Myopia Research Laboratory

Interested in furthering our understanding of the mechanism by which human myopia develops

Related publications
Schmidtmann, G., Logan, A. J., Carbon, C.-C., Loong, J. T., & Gold, I. (2020). In the Blink of an Eye: Reading Mental States From Briefly Presented Eye Regions. I-Perception. https://doi.org/10.1177/2041669520961116
Schmidtmann, G., Jennings, B. J., Sandra, D. A., Pollock, J., & Gold, I. (2020). The McGill Face Database: validation and insights into the recognition of facial expressions of complex mental states. Perception, 49(3), 310-329.
Barhoom, H.S., Joshi, M.R., Schmidtmann G. (2021). The effect of response biases on resolution thresholds of Sloan letters in central and paracentral vision. Vision Research, 187, 110–119. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.visres.2021.06.002
Sharkawi E, Lindegger DJ, Artes PH, Lehmann-Clarke L, El Wardani M, Misteli M, Pasquier J, Guarnieri A. (2020) Outcomes of gonioscopy-assisted transluminal trabeculotomy in pseudoexfoliative glaucoma: 24-month follow-up. Br J Ophthalmol. doi: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2020-315954.
Jammal AA, Ferreira BG, Zangalli CS, Vianna JR, Thompson AC, Artes PH, Costa VP, Reis ASC. Evaluation of contrast sensitivity in patients with advanced glaucoma: comparison of two tests. (2020) Br J Ophthalmol. doi:10.1136/bjophthalmol-2019-315273
Sharkawi E, Artes PH, Lindegger DJ, Dari ML, El Wardani M, Pasquier J, Guarnieri A. Gonioscopy-assisted transluminal trabeculotomy in primary angle-closure glaucoma (2021) Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology. DOI 10.1007/s00417-021-05244-7.
Oehring, D., David, J., Buckhurst, P., & Buckhurst, H. (2021). Experimental Assessment of the Spatial and Temporal Distribution of Non-contact Tonometer Airflows. Applied Sciences, 11(6). doi:10.3390/app11062499
Bubb, L., Mathews, D., Oehring, D., & Harper, R. A. (2021). Ophthalmic nurse practitioner assessment of glaucoma: evaluating agreement within an initiative to enhance capacity in glaucoma clinics. Eye. doi:10.1038/s41433-021-01394-4
McDonnell, C., O. Murphy, A. Cochrane, E. Martin, J. S. Wolffsohn, C. Maldonado-Codina, M. Vianya-Estopa, E. Gibson, D. Dunning, D. Oehring, M. Nagra, and B. Huntjens. 2020. 'Lissamine green – where have we been and where are we now?', Optometry in Practice, 21.
Joshi, M. R., Simmers A. J., & Jeon S. T. (2020) “Implied motion from form shows motion aids the perception of global form in amblyopia.” Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, 61(5):58.
Joshi, M. R., Persad V., & Farnon N. (2020) “A retrospective study of causes of visual impairment and use of low vision devices in the low vision clinic in Trinidad and Tobago.” Journal of Optometry, In Press.
Khanal, S., Paudel, N., & Joshi, M. R. (2021). “Optometry in Nepal: a historical perspective.” Clinical and Experimental Optometry, 1-4.
Joshi, M. R, Simmers A. J., & Jeon S. T. (2021) “The interaction of global motion and global form processing on the perception of implied motion: an equivalent noise approach.” Vision Research, 61(5):58.
Wolffsohn, J.S., Ghorbani-Mojarrad, N., Vianya-Estopa, M., Nagra, M., Huntjens, B., Terry, L., Sweeney, L.E., Dutta, D., Joshi, M.R., Wright, D., Bruce, H., Hallam, E., Jolly, L., Chung, Y.B., En Tsen, J.R., Bishop, A., Davison, R., & Maldonado-Codina, C. (2021). Fast versus gradual adaptation of soft monthly contact lenses in neophyte wearers. Contact Lens and Anterior Eye, 101469.
Lara F, Del Águila-Carrasco AJ, Marín-Franch I, Riquelme-Nicolás R, López-Gil N. (2020) The Effect of Retinal Illuminance on the Subjective Amplitude of Accommodation. Optom Vis Sci; 87(8):641-647
Del Águila-Carrasco AJ & Marín-Franch I (2021) 'Predictability of sinusoidally moving stimuli does not improve the accuracy of the accommodative response'. Scientific Reports; 11:15195
Swampillai AJ, Khanan Kaabneh A, Habib NE, Hamer C & Buckhurst PJ (2020) 'Correction: Efficacy of toric intraocular lens implantation with high corneal astigmatism within the United Kingdom’s National Health Service' Eye 34, (6) 1153-1153
Luger MHA, McAlinden C, Buckhurst PJ, Wolffsohn JS, Verma S & Arba-Mosquera S (2020) 'Long-term Outcomes After LASIK Using a Hybrid Bi-aspheric Micro-monovision Ablation Profile for Presbyopia Correction' Journal of Refractive Surgery 36, (2) 89-96
Law E, Aggarwal R, Buckhurst H, Kasaby H, Marsden J, Shum G & Buckhurst P (2020) 'Visual Function and Subjective Perception of Vision following bilateral implantation of monofocal and multifocal intraocular lenses: A Randomised Controlled Trial' Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery 46, (7) 1020-1020
Buckhurst HD, Gilmartin B, Lam A, Cubbidge RP & Logan NS (2020) 'In vivo measures of anterior scleral resistance in humans with rebound tonometry' Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics 40, (4) 472-481 , DOI Open access
Law EM, Buckhurst HD, Aggarwal RK, El-Kasaby H, Marsden J, Shum GL & Buckhurst PJ (2022) 'Optimising curve fitting techniques to look for standardisation of the analysis of defocus curves derived from multifocal intraocular lenses' Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics
Law EM, Aggarwal RK, Buckhurst H, Kasaby HE, Marsden J, Shum G & Buckhust PJ (2021) 'One-year post-operative comparison of visual function and patient satisfaction with trifocal and extended depth of focus intraocular lenses' European Journal of Ophthalmology 32, (5) 2967-2974 , DOI Open access
Law EM, Aggarwal RK, Buckhurst H, Kasaby HE, Marsden J, Shum G & Buckhust PJ (2021) 'Predicting the Postoperative Addition Power of a Multifocal Intraocular Lens at the Spectacle Plane' Journal of Refractive Surgery 37, (5) 318-323 , DOI Open access
Buckhurst PJ, Lau G, Williams JI & Packer M (2022) 'Efficacy of a One-Piece Aberration Neutral Hydrophobic Acrylic Toric Intraocular Lens' Clinical Ophthalmology 16, 3763-3774
Martínez-Plaza E, López-de la Rosa A, Papadatou E, Habib NE, Del Águila-Carrasco AJ, López-Miguel A, Maldonado MJ & Buckhurst PJ (2022) 'Influence of decentration and tilt of Tecnis ZCB00 on visual acuity and higher order aberrations' Eye
Buckhurst H, Gilmartin B, Cubbidge R & Logan NS (2023) 'Conformation of the anterior segment in human myopia' Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics; 43 (3) 368-376
Warner, C. L., Bunn, L., Koohi, N., Schmidtmann, G., Freeman, J., & Kaski, D. (2021). Clinician’s perspectives in using head impulse-nystagmus-test of skew (HINTS) for acute vestibular syndrome: UK experience. Stroke and Vascular Neurology, svn. https://doi.org/10.1136/svn-2021-001229
Little, C., Solomonova, E., Jordan, M., Klein, N., Jennings, B., Schmidtmann, G., Leos, H., & Gold, I. (2022). The discrimination of self from other as a component of empathy. Emotion. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0001193
Georgeson, M. A., Barhoom, H., Joshi, M. R., Artes, P. H., & Schmidtmann, G. (2023). Revealing the influence of bias in a letter acuity identification task: A noisy template model. Vision Research, 208, 108233. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.visres.2023.108233
Zahidi A.A.A, McIlreavy L, Erichsen JT and Woodhouse JM. 2022. Visual and Refractive Status of Children With Down's Syndrome and Nystagmus. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 63(2):28
Omar, R., Knight, V. F., Zahidi, A. A. A., Saat, N. Z. M. and Tan, X. L. 2022. Validity of external observation examination byteachers during vision screening for preschoolchildren. Medical hypothesis, discovery & innovation in optometry. 2(4): 138-145
Khan, M., Cassidy, E., Parkin, T. et al. 2023 The Care and Management of Children and Young People with Ataxia Telangiectasia Provided by Nurses and Allied Health Professionals: a Scoping Review. Cerebellum
Lyons CM, Oehring D & Mathews D (2021) 'Viscocanalostomy and combined phacoemulsification with viscocanalostomy: A five-year follow-up' Indian Journal of Ophthalmology 70, (1) 153-157 , DOI Open access
Bubb L, Mathews D, Oehring D, Harper RA. Response to 'Comment on: Ophthalmic nurse practitioner assessment of glaucoma: evaluating agreement within an initiative to enhance capacity in glaucoma clinics'. Eye (Lond). 2022 Jun;36(6):1338. doi: 10.1038/s41433-021-01629-4. Epub 2021 Jul 9. PMID: 34244668; PMCID: PMC9151744.
Oehring, D., Habib, N., Buckhurst, P., & Buckhurst, H. (2022, November). In-vivo regional variation of biomechanical properties in ectatic eyes. In CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL OPHTHALMOLOGY (Vol. 50, No. 8, pp. 908-908). 111 RIVER ST, HOBOKEN 07030-5774, NJ USA: WILEY.
Joshi, M. R., Voison K. J., Piano, M., Farnon, N., & Bex, P. J. (2022) A novel tool for quantitative measurement of distortion in keratoconus. Eye. [doi]
Khanal, S., Paudel, N., Adhikary, R., & Joshi, M. R. (2023) Optometry in Nepal: Clinical Practice, Research Advances, and Challenges. Optometry and Vision Science. [doi]
Zeri, F., Eperjesi, F., Woods, C., Bandlitz, S., Bhootra, A. K., Joshi, M. R., et al. (2023). Evidence-based teaching in contact lenses education: Teaching and learning strategies. Contact Lens and Anterior Eye, 101822. [doi]

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