Abstract
Previous investigations into cortical plasticity in the presence of ocular disease have focused on central retinal damage. Perceptually, patients often report distortions of visual space which can be partially explained by perceptual filling-in. The mechanisms involved could also apply to peripheral field loss. Spatial interval discrimination was tested in 28 retinitis pigmentosa (RP) patients and a control group. When stimuli were presented to both hemispheres, bias did not differ whereas threshold was poorer in RP patients. When presenting the task to only one hemifield, bias was related to field asymmetry, but only in the left visual field, r2=.59. Brain laterality may be an important factor when examining changes in cortical function in response to peripheral system damage.
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