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KENT W. CHRISTOFERSON, M.D.; KENNETH N. OGLE, Ph.D.

AMA Arch Ophthalmol. 1956;55(6):779-791.

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INTRODUCTION

The accommodative convergence 'is defined as that portion of the total convergence of the eyes that is initiated by the stimulus to accommodation by virtue of the accommodation-convergence synkinesis. The existence of this part of the convergence can be easily demonstrated by the change in the lateral heterophoria that occurs when ophthalmic spheres are placed before the eyes to alter the stimulus to accommodation. The initiation of this involuntary psycho-optical association is assumed by Bielschowsky¹ to be in the prestriate area of the occipital cortex.

There are three points of view relating to the origin and to the stability of the accommodation-convergence association.

The first of these points of view is that the association is a labile and flexible one and is entirely learned. According to this point of view, the association probably develops in the early years of the life of the individual because of the constant . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Rochester, Minn.

Fellow in Ophthalmology, Mayo Foundation (Dr. Christoferson). Section of Biophysics and Biophysical Research, Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation. The Mayo Foundation, Rochester, Minn., is a part of the Graduate School of the University of Minnesota.

Footnotes
Received for publication Feb. 29, 1956.

Abridgment of thesis submitted by Dr. Christoferson to the Faculty of the Graduate School of the University of Minnesota in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Ophthalmology.

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