Publications by authors named "Olimpia Castillo"
Aim: To quantify the impact of prematurity on chromatic discrimination throughout childhood, from 2 to 15 years of age.
Methods: We recruited two cohorts of children, as part of the TrackAI Project, an international project with seven different study sites: a control group of full-term children with normal visual development and a group of children born prematurely. All children underwent a complete ophthalmological exam and an assessment of colour discrimination along the three colour axes: deutan, protan and trytan using a DIVE device with eye tracking technology.
Article Synopsis
- The study investigates how fixational behavior develops in healthy children aged 5 months and older, using advanced eye-tracking technology to analyze their oculomotor behavior.
- A large sample of 802 children was examined, with results indicating that visual performance, including gaze stability and saccadic reaction time, improves significantly with age, especially in the first two years of life.
- The findings provide valuable normative data for clinical practices, enabling better assessment of visual fixation and saccadic performance in young children.
Introduction: Around 70% to 80% of the 19 million visually disabled children in the world are due to a preventable or curable disease, if detected early enough. Vision screening in childhood is an evidence-based and cost-effective way to detect visual disorders. However, current screening programmes face several limitations: training required to perform them efficiently, lack of accurate screening tools and poor collaboration from young children.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAim: We aim to assess oculomotor behaviour in children adopted from Eastern Europe, who are at high risk of maternal alcohol consumption.
Methods: This cross-sectional study included 29 adoptees and 29 age-matched controls. All of them underwent a complete ophthalmological examination.