Fixational saccadic eye movements are altered in anisometropic amblyopia

We propose that the abnormal visual processing and circuitry reorganization in anisometropic amblyopia has an impact on the fixational saccade generation. We see two possible interpretations: (i) altered FSs may be an attempt of the visual system to adapt to the deficit, trying to capture more information from a broader spatial domain of the visual world so as to enhance the contrast sensitivity to low spatial frequencies viewed by the amblyopic eye, or (ii) it may be the cause of amblyopia or a contributing factor to the original deficit that aggravates the early deprivation.