{"id":17639,"date":"2018-08-09T08:47:36","date_gmt":"2018-08-09T08:47:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/?p=17639"},"modified":"2018-08-27T09:25:35","modified_gmt":"2018-08-27T09:25:35","slug":"visual-aspects-of-reading-performance-in-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/visual-aspects-of-reading-performance-in-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Visual aspects of reading performance in ME"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frontiersin.org\/articles\/10.3389\/fpsyg.2018.01468\/abstract\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Visual aspects of reading performance in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME),<\/a> <\/strong>by Rachel Wilson, Kevin B. Paterson, Victoria A. McGowan, Claire Hutchinson <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">in<\/span> <em>Frontiers in Psychology <\/em>[Preprint\u00a0July 26, 2018]<\/h3>\n<h3><strong>Research abstract:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>People with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis\/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME\/CFS) report vision-related reading difficulty, although this has not been demonstrated objectively.<\/p>\n<p>Accordingly, we assessed reading speed and acuity, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rebuildyourvision.com\/blog\/interesting-vision-facts\/see-surroundings-affected-visual-crowding\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">crowded acuity<\/a> and acuity for isolated words using standardised tests of reading and vision, in 27 ME\/CFS patients and matched controls.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-17644 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/crowd-blur-300x200.jpg?resize=300%2C200\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/crowd-blur.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/crowd-blur.jpg?resize=150%2C100&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/crowd-blur.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/200;\" \/>We found that the ME\/CFS group exhibited slower maximum reading speed, and had poorer crowded acuity than controls.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, crowded acuity was significantly associated with maximum reading speed, indicating that patients who were more susceptible to visual crowding read more slowly.<\/p>\n<p>These findings suggest vision-related reading difficulty belongs to a class of measureable symptoms for ME\/CFS patients.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Visual aspects of reading performance in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME), by Rachel Wilson, Kevin B. 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McGowan, Claire Hutchinson in Frontiers in Psychology [Preprint\u00a0July 26, 2018] Research abstract: People with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis\/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME\/CFS) report vision-related reading difficulty, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/visual-aspects-of-reading-performance-in-me\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[532,4555,4557,2795,4556,4558,478],"class_list":["post-17639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-claire-v-hutchinson","tag-crowded-acuity","tag-kevin-b-paterson","tag-rachel-l-wilson","tag-reading-speed","tag-victoria-a-mcgowan","tag-vision"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5qkYK-4Av","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17639","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17639"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17639\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17860,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17639\/revisions\/17860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}