TESTS OF VISUAL FUNCTION SERVE AS AN IMPORTANT INDEX OF AVIATORS' VISUAL ABILITIES.

TESTS OF VISUAL FUNCTION SERVE AS AN IMPORTANT INDEX OF AVIATORS' VISUAL ABILITIES. ALTHOUGH THERE ARE MANY TESTS OF VISUAL ABILITY, THEY HAVE NEVER BEEN COLLECTED IN A SINGLE VOLUME BUT ARE SCATTERED IN VARIOUS TEXTS AND JOURNALS. A CATALOGUE OF VISION TESTS, CONTAINING A DESCRIPTION OF EACH TEST, AS WELL AS INFORMATION ON THE MANUFACTURER AND COST, WOULD BE A USEFUL FOOL WHEN UPDATING THE VISION STANDARDS FOR ARMY AVIATORS. THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF THIS RESEARCH IS TO COLLECT, ORGANIZE, AND COMPILE PERTINENT INFORMATION CONCERNING TESTS OF HUMAN VISUAL FUNCTIONING. A LITERATURE REVIEW WILL BE CONDUCTED TO SEARCH FOR CLINICAL, PSYCHOPHYSICAL, AND PHYSIOLOGICAL RESEARCH METHODS. THIS WILL BE SUPPORTED AND SUPPLEMENTED BY INTERVIEWS WITH PROMINENT RESEARCHERS, BOTH IN UNIVERSITIES AND INDUSTRY.