Training a preferred retinal locus with target search

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) diminishes the central field of vision and reduces reading performance. People afflicted with AMD can adapt to this condition by using non-central visual fields to generate a preferred retinal location (PRL), but trained adaptation approaches may maximize the utility of the PRL for reading. The researcher will simulate AMD among normally sighted participants (NSPs) to examine: reading performance relative to PRL position, training transfer, and improvements in reading performance over the course of training. The researcher anticipates finding high performance among NSPs with PRLs trained left or below the diminished central field of vision, training transfer, and performance improvement with training.