Visual training improves underwater vision in children. Export

@article{citeulike:777957, abstract = {Children in a tribe of sea-gypsies from South-East Asia have been found to have superior underwater vision compared to European children. In this study, we show that the improved underwater vision of these Moken children is not due to better contrast sensitivity in general. We also show that European children can achieve the same underwater acuity as the Moken children. After 1 month of underwater training (11 sessions) followed by 4 months with no underwater activities, European children showed improved underwater vision and distinct bursts of pupil constriction. When tested 8 months after the last training session in an outdoor pool in bright sunlight-comparable to light environments in South-East Asia-the children had attained the same underwater acuity as the sea-gypsy children. The achieved performance can be explained by the combined effect of pupil constriction and strong accommodation.}, address = {Department of Cell and Organism Biology, Lund University, Helgonav\"{a}gen 3, S-223 62 Lund, Sweden.}, author = {Gisl\'{e}n, Anna and Warrant, Eric J J. and Dacke, Marie and Kr\"{o}ger, Ronald H H H.}, citeulike-article-id = {777957}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.visres.2006.05.004}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16806388}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=16806388}, comment = {Paper demonstrates that previously reported remarkable underwater vision of "sea-gypsies" in SE Asia can be dupicated in other populations of children who are given appropriate, extended training.}, day = {23}, doi = {10.1016/j.visres.2006.05.004}, issn = {0042-6989}, journal = {Vision Res}, keywords = {learning, vision}, month = {June}, posted-at = {2006-07-28 15:22:33}, priority = {3}, title = {Visual training improves underwater vision in children.}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.visres.2006.05.004}, year = {2006} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:777957 L3 - citeulike-article-id:777957 N2 - Children in a tribe of sea-gypsies from South-East Asia have been found to have superior underwater vision compared to European children. In this study, we show that the improved underwater vision of these Moken children is not due to better contrast sensitivity in general. We also show that European children can achieve the same underwater acuity as the Moken children. After 1 month of underwater training (11 sessions) followed by 4 months with no underwater activities, European children showed improved underwater vision and distinct bursts of pupil constriction. When tested 8 months after the last training session in an outdoor pool in bright sunlight-comparable to light environments in South-East Asia-the children had attained the same underwater acuity as the sea-gypsy children. The achieved performance can be explained by the combined effect of pupil constriction and strong accommodation. JF - Vision Res SN - 0042-6989 AD - Department of Cell and Organism Biology, Lund University, Helgonavägen 3, S-223 62 Lund, Sweden. TI - Visual training improves underwater vision in children. KW - learning KW - vision N1 - Paper demonstrates that previously reported remarkable underwater vision of "sea-gypsies" in SE Asia can be dupicated in other populations of children who are given appropriate, extended training. AU - Gislén, Anna AU - Warrant, Eric J AU - Dacke, Marie AU - Kröger, Ronald H H PY - 2006/06/23/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.visres.2006.05.004 ER -