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| President, Vision Health Research Council of Canada - http://vhrc.net |
| mjs@yorku.ca |
| http://www.yorku.ca/research/vision/steinbac.htm |
I study eye movements and visual processes in people with normal or with disordered vision. People with eyes that do not align, a condition called strabismus, will frequently have surgical or pharmacological treatment of their eye muscles. By studying the adaptations made after these treatments, we gain insight as to the kinds of information the brain uses to stay informed about the positions and movements of the eyes. I also study children who grow up with only one normal eye, either because the other eye has been removed in early childhood because of retinoblastoma, or because of an early onset strabismus. The changes in various visual functions (depth perception, acuity, eye movements, etc) gives us insights about the plasticity of the developing visual system as well as suggestions as to the timing of intervention.
We also study patients with age-related macular degeneration to assess their optimal remaining vision and to retrain their eye movements to use this optimal region of their retina.
Research Assistant Linda Lillakas
Graduate Student Diana (Jinous) Tajik
Luminita Tarita-Nistor
Ewa Niechwiej-Szwedo
Research Associate
Esther Gonzalez
- Niechwiej-Szwedo, E. & Steinbach, M. J. (2008) Afferent and efferent contributions to knowledge of eye position. In Advances in Understanding Mechanisms and Treatment of Infantile Forms of Nystagmus (a tribute to Louis F. Dell\'Osso). R. John Leigh & Michael W. Devereaux (Eds.), Oxford University Press (in press).
- Steeves, J.K.E., Gonzalez, E.G., & Steinbach, M.J. (2008) Vision with one eye: A review of visual function following unilateral enucleation. Spatial Vision (in press).
- Gonzalez, E. G., Tarita-Nistor, L., Markowitz, S. N. & Steinbach, M. J. (2007) Computer-based test to measure optimal visual acuity in age-related macular degeneration. Investigative Ophthalmology & Vision Science 48 4838-4845.
