Who knows if Scotopic Sensitivity Syndrome is real or not?

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One must or may wonder if Scotopic Sensitivity Syndrome is valid or foney.
Not know right now how the medical specialists or the education specialists feel or understand this.

Somewhat discouraging wikipedia article.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotopic_vision
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irlen_syndrome

"Treatment" has been look for a colored lens for person to wear when reading or writing on paper. Whichever colored shade works for the person would be the one issued or prescribed. Now according to what I briefly saw in the article, this all may be uprooted. Anyone have some handle on this? Join in a discussion.

 

[.Scott]

Lacking a solid method of diagnosing Irlen syndrome, and lacking any hard study of the color-tint treatment, who knows!

I find it plausible that some portion of those using the tinted glasses are finding a helpful effect that goes beyond that of a placebo.

If the color-tinted glasses effectively block light at either ends of the visual spectrum (red or blue), then chromatic aberration will be less of a factor with the eye's lens system. As anyone who needs glasses but doesn't always wear them can tell you, a sharper image is easier to look at - it's easier on the brain.

In turn, the visual system of the brain is a bit of a heavy weight when it comes to resources: Closing your eyes is restful. The first sign of a brain starving for blood with O2 is to "black out".

On the other hand, if I worked for a health insurance company, I would take such claims with several grains of salt (or, in more modern terms, with several slices of burnt toast).

 

[Vlad Tepesh]

One must or may wonder if Scotopic Sensitivity Syndrome is valid or foney.
Not know right now how the medical specialists or the education specialists feel or understand this.

Somewhat discouraging wikipedia article.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotopic_vision
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irlen_syndrome

"Treatment" has been look for a colored lens for person to wear when reading or writing on paper. Whichever colored shade works for the person would be the one issued or prescribed. Now according to what I briefly saw in the article, this all may be uprooted. Anyone have some handle on this? Join in a discussion.

As the study didn't mention any conclusive colour used we can assume its not a colour but the mask itself, but why?

Rods are another type of photoreceptor primarily responsible for vision in low light conditions and Melanopsin-containing Cells , cells are involved in non-image-forming functions, such as regulating circadian rhythms and pupil constriction, responding to light without contributing to visual perception in the traditional sense, any of these cells malformed development, seems a likely place to start.