Improving Visual Acuity Performance

Abstract : There is much evidence to suggest that unaided visual acuity is not an unalterable physiological process. Psychological processes allow some degree of pupil control, blur interpretation, accommodative flexibility, and other cognitive mediation of acuity. This research was designed to quantify visual acuity enhancement through a pretest/post-test format. Seven Air Force Academy cadets were trained using the Acuity Performance Training software. All seven subjects manifested improvement in their vision, six in both unaided acuity and augmented recognition with less refractive correction. Training with this software might be used by any cadet to improve visual acuity performance prior to commissioning physical examinations.