Our Research at the Junior Olympics

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Since last summer I have worked with a professor at IU performing research that tests the eye movements of athletes and non-athletes. We use an infrared eye tracking camera to record where the person is looking as they are instructed to look at a computer screen and do things like simply hold their eyes steady while the background moves or move their eyes quickly back and forth between two dots.

We recently had the opportunity to travel to Des Moines, Iowa to conduct our research on the athletes at the Junior Olympics. A big group of optometry students and optometrists also came along to perform basic and sports related vision screening tests on the athletes. It was a great experience and also a great opportunity to visit Iowa.