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About the Project

Hopefully we will all get old one day!

As we age our visual system becomes less effective. Some of these deficits occur within the brain and cannot be corrected with glasses. Students studying in this area might consider the role of inhibition in the visual system and its changes with age using tilt, colour and motion after effects. Alternatively you might study the role of texture processing in visual perception and the effects of age on texture detection.

This project is important because it will help us to understand how vision changes with age and how this might affect people independence and cognitive function. This in tern may help to prolong healthy living in the older population.

The project will use established psychophysical methods and will involve testing elderly participants and young controls.

Funding Notes

Strong UK/EU applicants will be considered for competitive internal funding rounds in 2018-19 with a start date of Sept 2019. EU students will not receive full financial support. I am also happy to assist good overseas applicants in their search for external funding.

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Understanding visual decline in older adults.

University of Birmingham School of Psychology