Genetic and environmental factors in orientation anisotropy: a field study in the British Isles.

Abstract:

:Visual acuity for the detection of gratings at four orientations was measured for groups of ten boys and ten girls aged five to seven years, from the following four populations: Scots in Glasgow, Pakistanis in Glasgow, Gaels in Stornoway (Outer Hebrides) and East Anglians in Littleport (Cambridgeshire fenlands). The Glaswegians, both Scottish and Pakistani, showed the normal pattern of anisotropy, with poorest acuity for oblique orientations; the East Anglians showed no significant anisotropy; while the Gaels were unusual in showing poorest horizontal acuity. A group of fourteen Pakistani children in Stornoway differed slightly from a matched group of Gaels. The group differences bore little relation to the visual environments, and were probably due to genetic or cultural factors. The relatively poor horizontal acuity of the Gaels was not correlated with astigmatism. Sex differences were also found, with the boys showing higher mean acuity and a higher ratio between vertical and oblique acuity.

journal_name

Perception

journal_title

Perception

authors

Ross HE,Woodhouse JM

doi

10.1068/p080507

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1979-01-01 00:00:00

pages

507-21

issue

5

eissn

0301-0066

issn

1468-4233

journal_volume

8

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