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Mr. Browne, I'm interested in the research into perception & PD. What are the ideas about how the perceptual changes affect movement? If the horiz. stripes of tape help, then there must be a connection. Especially since the same thing works for helping with movement initiation. Thanks for sparking my curiosity. Kim Russell On Thu, 15 Aug 1996, Jeremy Browne wrote: > In PARKINSN@, Henry Guttentag (Hguttix.netcom.com) writes: > > My wife Lynne would like to know if any PWP have forced eyeclosure and > > are losing peripheral vision in the left eye. This > > has made it difficult to apply makeup etc. > > Well, I don't have the make-up problem, but yes, I'm beginning to lose > my peripheral vision. Mostly this means I have to consciously turn to > see cars on either side when driving, which I still can. > > It might be interesting to check with someone who is doing research into > PD and perception. His name is Prof. John Harris, Dept. of Psychology, > University of Reading, Whiteknights Park, Reading, Berkshire, England. I > have been one of his "guinea-pigs" for 3 or more years. His latest tests > are about going through doorways. I did well on those until there were > horizontal stripes to right & left of the doorframes, when I > consistently over-estimated the width of the gap! > > -- > Jeremy Browne, Hampshire, UK > [log in to unmask] > Shaking Hands BBS, Fidonet 2:252/160 (+44 1252 621745) >