Eye movements and vision
In Sweden and at Karolinska Institutet we have a long and proud tradition of vision research. The Sigvard and Marianne Bernadotte Research Laboratory for Pediatric Ophthalmology is the country's most advanced laboratory for research on children's eyes and vision.
Research at the Bernadotte Lab
The overall goal of the work at the laboratory is to use vision and eye movements to understand the workings of the brain in health and disease. The aim with our studies is to increase knowledge and invent new methods that can be used to learn about developmental aspects of fundamental and functional eye movements. At the lab, we are ophthalmologists, optometrists, orthoptists, and linguists. Most of our research is clinical and involves eye tracking.
Developmental Eye Movements
The developmental eye movement research program is focused on applying and evaluating methods to examine vision in children that can enable us to learn more about vision deficits related to brain damage, autism spectrum disorders, metabolic diseases, and cerebral palsy. Principal investigator is Jan Ygge, MD, PhD.
Fundamental Eye Movements
The fundamental eye movement research program is focused on investigating and modelling basic eye motility properties in order to learn more about how the visual system works. The research involves eye tracking on healthy and diseased subjects. Principal investigator is Tony Pansell, OD, PhD.
Functional Eye Movements
The functional eye movement research program is focused on measuring and analysing eye movements during higher order tasks such as reading, visual search, and emotion recognition. The research involves using eye tracking to evaluate a subjects performance. Principal investigator is Gustaf Öqvist Seimyr, MA, PhD.
Research Projects
- Development of eye movements
- Basal research of eye movements
- Functional eye movements
- Cerebral eye damage and plasticity
- Optic nerve damage and metabolic diseases
Selected Publications
Conserved subcortical processing in visuo-vestibular gaze control
Tobias Wibble, Tony Pansell, Sten Grillner & Juan Pérez-Fernández
Nature Communications volume 13, Article number: 4699 (2022) Cite this article 498 Accesses 5 Altmetric Metrics
Visuo-motor integration, vision perception and attention in mTBI patients. Preliminary findings
Mariagrazia Benassi, Davide Frattini, Sara Garofalo, Roberto Bolzani, Tony Pansell
PLoS One. 2021 Apr 27;16(4):e0250598.doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0250598. eCollection 2021.
Developmental trajectories of global motion and global form perception from 4 years to adulthood
Mariagrazia Benassi, Sara Giovagnoli, Tony Pansell, Luca Mandolesi, Roberto Bolzani, Sara Magri, Lea Forsman, Kerstin Hellgren
J Exp Child Psychol. 2021 Jul;207:105092.doi: 10.1016/j.jecp.2021.105092. Epub 2021 Mar 4.
J Johansson, M Berthold Lindstedt, K Borg
Brain Inj. 2021 Jan 5;35(1):82-89.doi: 10.1080/02699052.2020.1858495. Epub 2020 Dec 9.
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Kerstin Hellgren, Kristina Fahnehjelm
Lakartidningen. 2020 May 29;117:19239.
Tobias Wibble , Ulrika Södergård, Frank Träisk , Tony Pansell
PLoS One. 2020 Jan 3;15(1):e0227370.doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0227370. eCollection 2020.
Urszula Arnljots, Maria Nilsson, Ida Hed Myrberg, Ulrika Åden, Kerstin Hellgren
BMC Ophthalmol. 2020 Aug 12;20(1):329.doi: 10.1186/s12886-020-01601-y.
Optic Disc Coloboma in children - prevalence, clinical characteristics and associated morbidity
Athanasia Skriapa Manta, Monica Olsson, Ulla Ek, Ronny Wickström, Kristina Teär Fahnehjelm
Acta Ophthalmol. 2019 Aug;97(5):478-485.doi: 10.1111/aos.13999. Epub 2018 Dec 13.
J Johansson, M Berthold Lindstedt, K Borg
Brain Inj. 2020 Dec 9;1-8.doi: 10.1080/02699052.2020.1858495. Online ahead of print.