[Visual training in children].

Abegg, Mathias; Gentile, Eveline (2016). [Visual training in children]. Therapeutische Umschau, 73(2), pp. 73-77. Huber 10.1024/0040-5930/a000759

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The visual system has a pivotal role in most human activities. Many health disorders and psychomotor deficits involve the visual system at some level. From this some therapists infer a causal relation and apply a variety of visual therapies and trainings to cure a variety of deficits. The most prominent example is dyslexia, a disorder not caused by a defect in the primary visual system. Worldwide various non-evidence based therapies are used to treat dyslexia. The great number of exercises and visual trainings is contrasted by scientific evidence, which shows that exercises are useful in only few and selected disorders. The human visual system seems to be optimized such that no improvement can be achieved with training.

Item Type:	Journal Article (Further Contribution)
Division/Institute:	04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Head Organs and Neurology (DKNS) > Clinic of Ophthalmology
UniBE Contributor:	Abegg, Mathias
Subjects:	600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health
ISSN:	0040-5930
Publisher:	Huber
Language:	German
Submitter:	Mathias Abegg
Date Deposited:	20 Apr 2018 15:05
Last Modified:	05 Dec 2022 14:55
Publisher DOI:	10.1024/0040-5930/a000759
PubMed ID:	26982645
URI:	https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/81226