Moacyr Xavier Gomes da Silva, Franciany Braga-Pereira, Mikaela Clotilde da Silva, José Valberto de Oliveira, Sérgio de Faria Lopes, Rômulo Romeu Nóbrega Alves
What are the factors influencing the aversion of students towards reptiles?
Journal of ethnobiology and ethnomedicine
prior findings suggest correlation reading problems accommodative function studies assessed accommodation children poor reading skills aim characterize monocular accommodative amplitude relative accommodation binocular accommodative facility population healthy nondyslexic primary school children reading difficulties conducted crosssectional study 87 poor readers 32 control children 8 13 years age grades three six recruited 11 elementary schools madrid spain subject best spectacle correction negative relative accommodation nra positive relative accommodation pra measured using phoropter monocular accommodative amplitude maa determined using minus lenses method binocular accommodative facility baf measured using bernell acuity suppression slide vo9 200 accommodative demand period 1 minute monocular accommodative amplitude significantly lower p 0001 group poor readers right eye 91 23 left eye 90 23 control group right eye 105 17 left eye 105 17 binocular accommodative facility values significantly lower p 005 poor readers 49 cpm 31 controls 63 cpm 29 negative positive relative accommodation values similar groups children study provides data accommodative capacity population children reading difficulties findings suggest reduced monocular accommodative amplitude binocular accommodative facility function assessed optometric clinician children whose reading level average