February 2010 Blog Posts (11)

Chicago-lands ABC WLS TV news just finished showing a HealthBeat

segment where I was interviewed on the "Avatar 3D Vision Syndrome"

during the 10 PM time slot. WLS TV Producer Christine Tressel is shown here with me (above.) Here is a bit of the transcript....click here for the full transcript....

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Dr. Cathy Wittman just embedded one of my SlideShare presentations into her website. I welcome any and all on SOVOTO to do the same by going to http://www.MainosMemos.blogspot.com, scroll down and look to the right....you will see my presentations there. Click on the one you like.



If you use one or more of these please do the following:

1.) Let me know you are using a presentation.

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For Chicago-land SOVOTO Folks: ust a quick reminder, I will be on the HealthBeat segment of ABC WLS TV News (channel 7) in the Chicago-land area tomorrow on Thursday Feb 25th at 10 PM. I will be interviewed on why some people become ill after watching 3D movies. WLS 10 PM news is the #1 most watched news program in ...Chicago. Hundred's of thousands of viewers tune in each night. I hope I don't blow it! Please watch and…

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As optometric clinicians who provide vision therapy, we find ourselves discussing the concept that vision is learned to patients and parents on a daily basis. Yet, when discussing to a parent, one of the goals of vision therapy is to develop proper binocular neuromuscular control, the parent may sometimes have the misconception that vision therapy is an eye muscle exercise process. This eye exercise myth can also be one of the reasons why educators could be confused about the "vision…

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A recent article (A Sensory Fix for Problems in School) published in Scientific American Mind (March/April 2010) by internationally known and respected vision scientist, Dr. Burkhart Fischer, suggests that those reading this article consult the COVDs journal, Optometry & Vision Development (OVD), for additional information on the topic. Dr. Fischer is a prolific author and has written several articles for OVD…

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http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=a-sensory-fix-for-problems-at-school

Wonderful to see Burkhart Fischer featured in the March-April 2010 issue of Scientific American Mind (pp 32-37) in a special report on Better Paths to Learning.



In the article Dr. Fischer, who is emeritus professor of neurophysiological biophysics and founder of the Optomotor Laboratory at the… Continue

Dr. Lynn Hellerstein will be giving 3 Free webinars in March. This is a great way for parents and teachers to gain a better understanding of how vision affects learning. Continue

Greetings Georgia, y'all, where I'll be moderating the opening session at SECO in a few hours. This is a big deal for VT, because our field doesn't frequently make center stage in these forums. Kudos to Dr. Glen "Bubba" Steele and Paul Ajamian for arranging this.



There are 750 ODs registered for this session. I'll repeat that: 750 ODs! Although I'm under no illusion that this will change intra-optometric collaboration overnight, or that attendees will rush to join COVD, OEP, NORA, or… Continue

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Who Knew? Bifocals Retard Myopia After All


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