Aerobic Exercise Effects on Ocular Dominance Plasticity with a Phase Combination Task in Human Adults. (5th March 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Zhou, Jiawei; Reynaud, Alexandre; Hess, Robert F.
• Other Names: Bramham Clive R. Academic Editor.
• Is Part Of: Neural plasticity. Volume 2017(2017)
• Publication Date: 2017-03-05
• Subjects: Neuroplasticity -- Periodicals; 612.82
• DOI: 10.1155/2017/4780876
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2090-5904

Abstract

Abstract : Several studies have shown that short-term monocular patching can induce ocular dominance plasticity in normal adults, in which the patched eye becomes stronger in binocular viewing. There is a recent study showing that exercise enhances this plasticity effect when assessed with binocular rivalry. We address one question, is this enhancement from exercise a general effect such that it is seen for measures of binocular processing other than that revealed using binocular rivalry? Using a binocular phase combination task in which we directly measure each eye's contribution to the binocularly fused percept, we show no additional effect of exercise after short-term monocular occlusion and argue that the enhancement of ocular dominance plasticity from exercise could not be demonstrated with our approach.