Eye Movements and Plasticity
Marion shares her journey from studying vergence eye movements to exploring the brain's plasticity through cutting-edge research techniques. Her fascination with the brain's complexities grew, especially after hearing a captivating lecture that inspired her to pivot her focus. The excitement of daily discoveries in neuroscience fuels her passion for understanding the intricate workings of the brain.In this clip
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How do vergence eye movements initiate focus and enable one to enter a trance state by looking at their nose and thinking "focus"?
Do you see potential for targeted ocular motor training, e.g., vergence therapy, phoria correction, to induce lasting improvements in postural symmetry in athletes, or would you expect these changes to be transient without continuous visual stimulus conditioning?
To what extent can these postural adaptations be attributed to direct neural coupling between oculomotor activity and axial muscle tone (e.g., via the vestibulo-ocular and cervico-ocular reflex pathways) versus indirect compensations arising from visual-perceptual processing in higher cortical areas?