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UND research cited in Primary Care Optometry News

Dmitri Poltavski, associate professor of experimental psychology, was cited in the January issue of Primary Care Optometry News on the topic of mild traumatic brain injury management. It read, “Recently, Poltavski and colleagues administered a specially designed visual evoked potential test to two group of patients diagnosed with convergence insufficiency, where one group had a history of concussion.  They found slower processing of the magnocellular pathway in the concussed group, which correlates with the increased visual sensitivity to motion, crowding, photophobia and certain lighting fixtures such as fluorescent.”