How refractive blur affects driver judgement and our Focus On Life campaign

EyePod: The optometry podcast

In this episode, Martin talks to Dr Joanne Wood - a Professor at Queensland University of Technology, Australia - about her latest research published in Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics (OPO) on how “Refractive Blur Affects Judgement of Pedestrian Walking Direction at Night”. And Daniel speaks with the College’s own PR Manager, Ann Marie Stevens and Marketing and Communications Executive, Abby Duggan, to find out about the inspirational #FocusOnLife campaign, highlighting the importance of vision.

Read Dr Joanne Wood’s OPO research paper here: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/opo.12811 and for more OPO papers, visit: https://www.college-optometrists.org/OPO/

Learn how you can get involved in the Focus On Life campaign here https://www.college-optometrists.org/FocusOnLife/ and here https://www.college-optometrists.org/Alice/