Publications

As of January 2023, Professor. Levi has published more than 300 scientific papers and two books. His work has been cited more than 27,000 times and he has an h-index of 84 (Google Scholar).

For a full bibliography of his work, please visit Dr. Levi’s Google Scholar page

If you are unable to find the PDF for a paper, feel free to email Dennis Levi: ude.yelekreb@iveld

His publications include:

2024

Ding, J., Lu, H. & Levi, D.M. (2024). Absolute and relative disparity mechanisms revealed by an equivalent noise analysis. Scientific Reports, Mar 22;14(1):6863.doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-57406-2.

Li, R.W., Li, B.Z., Chat, S., Patel, S., Chung, S.T.L. & Levi, D.M. (2024). Playing 3D video games boosts stereo vision. Current Biology, 34, R512-R527, June 3, 2024.

Asensio-Jurado, L., Argilés M., Quevedo-Junyent, L., Mestre, C., Levi, D.M. (2024). Can viewing a 3D movie improve visual function in children with a history of amblyopia and neurotypical children: A pilot study. PloSOne, In Press.

2023

Dekel, R., Sagi, D. Zomet, A., Levi, D.M. &Polat, U. (2023). Isolating objective and subjective filling-in using the Drift Diffusion Model. Journal of Vision. In Press.

Wang, M., Ding, J., Levi, D.M. & Cooper, E.A. (2023). The effect of interocular contrast differences on the appearance of augmented reality imagery. Transactions on Applied Perception, https://doi.org/10.1145/3617684

Denkinger, S., Antoniou, M-P, Tarello, D., Levi, D.M., Backus, B.T., Bavelier, D & Chopin, A. (2023). eRDS v6 and the Vivid Vision Stereo Test: Two New Tests of Stereoscopic Vision. Translational Vision Science &. Technology.  2023;12(3):1, https://doi.org/10.1167/tvst.12.3.1

Kadum, A., Tan, E., Fronius, M., Baart, S.J., Levi, D.M., Joosse, M.V., Simonsz, H.J. & Louden, S.E. (2023). Supervised dichoptic gaming versus monitored occlusion therapy for childhood amblyopia: effectiveness and efficiency. Acta Ophthalmologica. Published on-line April 2023. https://doi.org/10.1111/aos.15674

Simon-Martinez, C., Antoniou, M-P, Bouthour, W, Bavelier, D. Levi, D., Backus, B.T., Blaha, J. Krop, M., Muller, H., Murray, M. Thumann, G., Steffen, H. & Matusz, P.J. (2023). Stereoptic serious games as a visual rehabilitation tool for individuals with a residual amblyopia (AMBER trial): A protocol for a crossover randomized controlled trial. BMC Ophthalmology, 23, 220, 1-15. Published on-line May 17, 2023.

Seitz, A. et al. (2023). Perceptual learning: policy insights from basic research to real world applications. Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences, In Press.

Wang, M., Ding, J., Levi, D.M. & Cooper, E.A. (2023). The effect of interocular contrast differences on the appearance of augmented reality imagery. Transactions on Applied Perception, https://doi.org/10.1145/3617684

Levi, D.M. (2023) Applications and implications for extended reality to improve binocular vision and stereopsis. Journal of Vision January 2023, Vol.23, 14. doi: 10.1167/jov.23.1.14

2022

Wang, M., Ding, J., Levi, D.M. & Cooper, E.A. (2022) The Effect of Spatial Structure on Binocular Contrast Perception. Journal of Vision. 22(12):7, 1–19, https://doi.org/10.1167/jov.22.12.7.

Mukerji, A., Byrne, K.N., Yang, E., Levi, D.M. & Silver, M.A. (2022). Visual Cortical GABA and Perceptual Suppression in Amblyopia. Front. Hum. Neurosci., 02 Sept. 2022 Sec. Brain Imaging and Stimulation https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2022.949395

Mortazavi, M., Aigner, K., Antono, J.E., Gambacorta, C., Nahum, M., Levi, D. M. & Foecker, J. (2022). Intramodal cortical plastic changes after moderate visual impairment in human Amblyopia. iScience, 25, Sept. 2022. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2022.104871

Aizenman, A., Koulieris, G., Gibaldi, A., Sehgal, V., Levi, D., Banks, M. (2022). The statistics of eye movements and binocular disparities in VR gaming headsets should drive headset design. Transactions On Graphics., Published on-line July, 2022: https://doi.org/10.1145/3549529

Levi, D.M. Learning to see in depth (2022). Vision Research, 200; Nov. 2022. You can find this article at: https://authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S0042-6989(22)00088-8

Sabel, B.A., and Levi, D.M. (2022). Movie therapy for children with amblyopia: restoring binocular vision with brain plasticity. Sci China Life Sci, 65,  https://doi.org/10.1007/s11427-021-2050-9.

Coates, D.R., Jiang, X., Levi, D.M. & Sabesan, R. Cortical distance unifies the extent of parafoveal contour interactions. Journal of Vision, 22(2):15, 1–11, https://doi.org/10.1167/jov.22.2.15. 3

2021

Chopin, A., Silver, M.A., Sheynin Y, Ding, J. & Levi, D.M. Transfer of perceptual learning from local stereopsis to global stereopsis in adults with amblyopia. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 15:719120. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2021.719120

Bonnen, K., Matthis, J.S., Gibaldi, A., Banks, M., Levi, D.M. & Hayhoe, M. Binocular vision and the control of foot placement during walking in natural terrain. Scientific Reports, Oct 22;11(1):20881. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-99846-0.

Aizenman A.M. & Levi, D.M. Fixational stability as a measure for the recovery of visual function in amblyopia. ETRA '21 Adjunct: ACM Symposium on Eye Tracking Research and Applications. May 2021  Article No.: 10 Pages 1–4. https://doi.org/10.1145/3450341.3458493

Lev, M. Ding, J. Polat, U & Levi, D.M. Nearby contours abolish the binocular advantage. Scientific Reports, 2021 11, :16920. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-96053-9

Ding, J., & Levi, D. M. (2021). A unified model for binocular fusion and depth perception. Vision research180, 11-36.

Godinez, A., Martín-González, S., Ibarrondo, O., & Levi, D. (2020). Scaffolding Depth Cues and Perceptual Learning in VR to Train Stereovision: A Proof of Concept Pilot Study. Scientific Reports, 2021, 11:10129304. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-89064-z

Ye, J. et al. Resilience of Temporal Processing to Early and Extended Visual Deprivation. Vision Research, 2021, 186 (2021) 80–86.

Kadum, A., Tan, E., Levi, D.M., Colpa, L., Fronius, M., Simonsz, H. & Louden, S. An inventory of barriers to successful dichoptic treatment for amblyopia in young children.  Graefe's Archives for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology. 2021, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00417-021-05193-1.

Levi, D.M. Amblyopia. Handbook of Clinical Neurology, 2021, 178; 13-30.

Mortazavi, M., Aigner, K. M., Antono, J. E., Gambacorta, C., Nahum, M., Levi, D. M., & Föcker, J. Neural correlates of visual spatial selective attention are altered at early and late processing stages in human amblyopia. European Journal of Neuroscience., 2021, 53(4): 1086-1106. doi: 10.1111/ejn.15024.

2020

Levi, D. M. (2020). Rethinking amblyopia 2020. Vision research176, 118-129.

Godinez, A., González, S., & Levi, D. (2020). Cue scaffolding to train stereo-anomalous observers to rely on disparity cues. Journal of Vision20(11), 300-300.

Ding, J., & Levi, D. M. (2020). A phase-disparity model for vergence eye-movements. Journal of Vision20(11), 593-593.

Byrne, K., Mukerji, A., Yang, E., Levi, D., & Silver, M. (2020). Visual cortical GABA and depth of amblyopia are negatively correlated. Journal of Vision20(11), 912-912.

Aizenman, A., & Levi, D. (2020). Eye on the prize: Fixational stability as a metric for the recovery of visual acuity in amblyopia. Journal of Vision20(11), 558-558.

Gibaldi, A., Aizenman, A. M., Levi, D. M., & Banks, M. S. (2020). Binocular Coordination and Interocular Balance in Amblyopia. Journal of Vision20(11), 1623-1623.

Martín, S., Portela, J. A., Ding, J., Ibarrondo, O., & Levi, D. M. (2020). Evaluation of a Virtual Reality implementation of a binocular imbalance test. PloS one15(8), e0238047.

Levi, D. M., Li, R. W., Silver, M. A., & Chung, S. T. (2020). Sequential perceptual learning of letter identification and “uncrowding” in normal peripheral vision: Effects of task, training order, and cholinergic enhancement. Journal of vision20(4), 24-24.

2019

Levi, D., Bavelier, D., & Banks, M. S. (2019). U.S. Patent No. 10,500,124. Washington, DC: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Antonucci, M. M., Leung, T. W., Li, B., Kee, C. S., Bui, J., Feldmar, B., ... & Li, R. (2019, October). Improving Meridional Acuity Deficits in Astigmatism-Related Amblyopia by Grating Acuity Training. In Annual Meeting and 3rd World Congress of Optometry, American Academy of Optometry (AAO).

Verghese, P., McKee, S. P., & Levi, D. M. (2019). Attention deficits in amblyopia. Current opinion in psychology29, 199-204.

Lev, M., Ding, J., Polat, U., & Levi, D. (2019). Two eyes are not better than one with crowded targets. Journal of Vision19(10), 66-66.

Ding, J., & Levi, D. M. (2019). A comprehensive depth perception model with filter/cross-correlation/filter (F-CC-F) structure. Journal of Vision19(10), 263a-263a.

Bonnen, K., Matthis, J. S., Gibaldi, A., Banks, M. S., Levi, D., & Hayhoe, M. (2019). A role for stereopsis in walking over complex terrains. Journal of Vision19(10), 178b-178b.

Coates, D. R., Levi, D. M., & Sabesan, R. (2019). The gradient of parafoveal crowding. Journal of Vision19(10), 13b-13b.

Levi, D., & Li, R. W. (2019). Playing 3-dimensional (3D), but not 2D video games can improve stereoacuity in neurotypical observers. Journal of Vision19(10), 130a-130a.

Chopin, A., Bavelier, D., & Levi, D. M. (2019). The prevalence and diagnosis of “stereoblindness”: A best evidence synthesis. Journal of Vision19(10), 262b-262b.

Bui, J., Li, B., Li, B., Fung, E., Antonucci, M., Tran, K. D., ... & Li, R. (2019). Stereoscopic 3D video games boost depth perception. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science60(9), 1797-1797.

Godinez, A., Harb, E. N., Grimes, J., Davuluru, S., Wildsoet, C. F., & Levi, D. M. (2019). Oculomotor changes after sustained Virtual Reality use. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science60(9), 5924-5924.

Harb, E. N., Godinez, A., Davuluru, S., Grimes, J., Levi, D. M., & Wildsoet, C. F. (2019). Changes in Choroidal Thickness Following Sustained VR Play. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science60(9), 4340-4340.

Boehm, A. E., Schmidt, B. P., Levi, D. M., & Roorda, A. (2019). The spatial extent of desensitization to repeated light stimulation on the retina. Journal of Vision19(8), 25-25.

Chopin, A., Chan, S. W., Guellai, B., Bavelier, D., & Levi, D. M. (2019). Binocular non-stereoscopic cues can deceive clinical tests of stereopsis. Scientific reports9(1), 1-10.

Green, C. S., Bavelier, D., Kramer, A. F., Vinogradov, S., Ansorge, U., Ball, K. K., ... & Witt, C. M. (2019). Improving methodological standards in behavioral interventions for cognitive enhancement. Journal of Cognitive Enhancement3(1), 2-29.

Chopin, A., Bavelier, D., & Levi, D. M. (2019). The prevalence and diagnosis of ‘stereoblindness’ in adults less than 60 years of age: a best evidence synthesis. Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics39(2), 66-85.

Adrien, C., Chan, S. W., Bahia, G., Daphné, B., & Levi, D. M. (2019). Binocular non-stereoscopic cues can deceive clinical tests of stereopsis. Scientific Reports (Nature Publisher Group)9(1).

2018

Li, R. W., Tran, K. D., Bui, J. K., Antonucci, M. M., Ngo, C. V., & Levi, D. M. (2018). Improving adult amblyopic vision with stereoscopic 3-dimensional video games. Ophthalmology125(10), 1660-1662.

Godinez, A., Kishi, A., Hernandez, M., Verghese, P., & Levi, D. (2018). Stereoacuity predicts total movement time in a fronto-parallel prehension task. Journal of Vision18(10), 60-60.

Ding, J., & Levi, D. (2018). Interocular interaction for second-order stimuli depends on interocular noise correlation and eye dominance. Journal of Vision18(10), 958-958.

Aizenman, A., Levi, D., Verghese, P., & Agaoglu, S. (2018). Optimal integration of retinal and extra-retinal information is contingent upon trans-saccadic discontinuity. Journal of Vision18(10), 1292-1292.

Tran, K. D., Chau, D. D., Li, B. Z., Antonucci, M., Bui, J. K., Ngo, C., ... & Li, R. (2018). A new binocular approach for treatment of strabismic amblyopia using 3D video games. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science59(9), 4111-4111.

Agaoglu, S., Aizenman, A. M., Verghese, P., & Levi, D. M. (2018). Similar multiplicative improvements in fixation stability in normal vision and amblyopia. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science59(9), 5793-5793.

Gambacorta, C., Nahum, M., Vedamurthy, I., Bayliss, J., Jordan, J., Bavelier, D., & Levi, D. M. (2018). An action video game for the treatment of amblyopia in children: a feasibility study. Vision research148, 1-14.

Coates, D. R., Levi, D. M., Touch, P., & Sabesan, R. (2018). Foveal crowding resolved. Scientific reports8(1), 1-12.

Gambacorta, C., Ding, J., McKee, S. P., & Levi, D. M. (2018). Both saccadic and manual responses in the amblyopic eye of strabismics are irreducibly delayed. Journal of vision18(3), 20-20.

Holmes, J. M., & Levi, D. M. (2018). Treatment of amblyopia as a function of age. Visual neuroscience35, E015.

2017

Ding, J., & Levi, D. M. (2017). Binocular combination of luminance profiles. Journal of vision17(13), 4-4.

Chung, S., Li, R., Silver, M., & Levi, D. (2017). Combining the cholinesterase inhibitor donepezil with perceptual learning in adults with amblyopia. Journal of Vision17(10), 36-36.

Godinez, A., González, S., & Levi, D. (2017). Using perceptual learning in VR to train stereo-anomalous observers to rely on disparity cues. Journal of Vision17(10), 1065-1065.

Mukerji, A., Byrne, K., Yang, E., Li, L., Levi, D., & Silver, M. (2017). Influence of visual cortical GABA concentration on perceptual suppression and binocular summation in amblyopia. Journal of Vision17(10), 633-633.

Ding, J., Yehezkel, O., Sterkin, A., Polat, U., & Levi, D. (2017). Interocular enhancement revealed in binocular combination. Journal of Vision17(10), 154-154.

Chung, S. T., Li, R. W., Silver, M. A., & Levi, D. M. (2017). Donepezil does not enhance perceptual learning in adults with amblyopia: A pilot study. Frontiers in neuroscience11, 448.

Coates, D. R., Touch, P., Levi, D. M., & Sabesan, R. (2017). Foveal crowding resolved with adaptive optics. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science58(8), 1269-1269.

Tran, K. D., Antonucci, M. M., Li, B. Z., Chau, D. D., Bui, J. K., Nguyen, H. M., ... & Li, R. W. (2017). Towards establishing a new binocular technique for amblyopia treatment using “3D” video games. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science58(8), 2357-2357.

Chopin, A., Levi, D. M., & Bavelier, D. (2017). Dressmakers show enhanced stereoscopic vision. Scientific reports7(1), 1-7.

Boehm, A. E., Levi, D. M., Privitera, C. M., & Roorda, A. (2017). Mapping the spatial extent of perceptive fields for flicker adaptation using retinally stabilized stimuli. Journal of Vision17(7), 18-18.

Loschky, L. C., Nuthmann, A., Fortenbaugh, F. C., & Levi, D. M. (2017). Scene perception from central to peripheral vision. Journal of vision17(1), 6-6.

2016

Yehezkel, O., Ding, J., Sterkin, A., Polat, U., & Levi, D. M. (2016). Binocular combination of stimulus orientation. Royal Society open science3(11), 160534.

Tran, K. D., Li, B. Z., Antonucci, M. M., Ngo, C. V., Chat, S., Kee, C. S., ... & Li, R. W. (2016). Astigmatic blur alters the spatial frequency tuning characteristics of stereopsis: magnitude and orientation. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science57(12), 1499-1499.

Li, R. W., So, K., Wu, T. H., Craven, A. P., Tran, T. T., Gustafson, K. M., & Levi, D. M. (2016). Monocular blur alters the tuning characteristics of stereopsis for spatial frequency and size. Royal Society open science3(9), 160273.

Levi, D., Vedamurthy, I., Knill, D., Ding, J., Kwon, O. S., & Bavelier, D. (2016). Recovering stereo vision by squashing virtual bugs in a VR environment. Journal of Vision16(12), 201-201.

Ding, J., & Levi, D. (2016). Disparity thresholds Dmin and Dmax both depend on interocular contrast difference. Journal of Vision16(12), 830-830.

Vedamurthy, I., Knill, D. C., Huang, S. J., Yung, A., Ding, J., Kwon, O. S., ... & Levi, D. M. (2016). Recovering stereo vision by squashing virtual bugs in a virtual reality environment. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences371(1697), 20150264.

Chopin, A., Levi, D., Knill, D., & Bavelier, D. (2016). The absolute disparity anomaly and the mechanism of relative disparities. Journal of vision16(8), 2-2.

Yehezkel, O., Sterkin, A., Lev, M., Levi, D. M., & Polat, U. (2016). Gains following perceptual learning are closely linked to the initial visual acuity. Scientific reports6(1), 1-9.

Zomet, A., Polat, U., & Levi, D. M. (2016). Noise and the Perceptual Filling-in effect. Scientific reports6(1), 1-6.

Ding, J., & Levi, D. M. (2016). Binocular contrast discrimination needs monocular multiplicative noise. Journal of vision16(5), 12-12.

McKee, S. P., Levi, D. M., Schor, C. M., & Movshon, J. A. (2016). Saccadic latency in amblyopia. Journal of vision16(5), 3-3.

Li, R. W., Tran, T. T., Craven, A. P., Leung, T. W., Chat, S. W., & Levi, D. M. (2016). Sharpening coarse-to-fine stereo vision by perceptual learning: asymmetric transfer across the spatial frequency spectrum. Royal Society open science3(1), 150523.

LEVI, D. M., & KLEIN, S. A. (2016). PSYCHOPHYSICAL CONSEQUENCES OF IMAGE. Strabismus and Amblyopia, 369.

Levi, D. M. (2016). Amblyopia.

Ding, J., Klein, S. A., & Levi, D. M. (2016). Corrections to: Binocular combination in abnormal binocular.

Chopin, A., Levi, D., Knill, D., & Bavelier, D. (2016). The absolute disparity anomaly and the mechanism of relative disparities. Journal of vision16(8), 2-2.

2015

Gambacorta, C., McKee, S., Verghese, P., & Levi, D. (2015). An irreducible delay in manual and saccadic reaction time in amblyopia. Journal of Vision15(12), 652-652.

Ding, J., & Levi, D. (2015). Interocular contrast gain control plus monocular luminance gain control can explain binocular luminance summation. Journal of vision15(12), 263-263.

Vedamurthy, I., Nahum, M., Huang, S. J., Zheng, F., Bayliss, J., Bavelier, D., & Levi, D. M. (2015). A dichoptic custom-made action video game as a treatment for adult amblyopia. Vision research114, 173-187.

Chung, S. T., Kumar, G., Li, R. W., & Levi, D. M. (2015). Characteristics of fixational eye movements in amblyopia: Limitations on fixation stability and acuity?. Vision research114, 87-99.

Levi, D. M., Knill, D. C., & Bavelier, D. (2015). Stereopsis and amblyopia: A mini-review. Vision research114, 17-30.

Webb, B. S., McGraw, P. V., Levi, D. M., & Li, R. W. (2015, August). The perceptual costs and benefits of learning to multitask. In PERCEPTION (Vol. 44, pp. 47-48). 1 OLIVERS YARD, 55 CITY ROAD, LONDON EC1Y 1SP, ENGLAND: SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD.

Levi, D. M. (2015). Be free, be everywhere, be forever. Journal of vision15(11), 5-5.

Tran, K. D., Ngo, C., Bui, J., Yang, E., Levi, D. M., & Li, R. W. (2015). Enhancing tolerance of image motion through perceptual learning: Static and dynamic bisection acuity. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science56(7), 2922-2922.

Vedamurthy, I., Nahum, M., Bavelier, D., & Levi, D. M. (2015). Mechanisms of recovery of visual function in adult amblyopia through a tailored action video game. Scientific reports5(1), 1-7.

Li, R. W., Ngo, C. V., & Levi, D. M. (2015). Relieving the attentional blink in the amblyopic brain with video games. Scientific reports5(1), 1-7.

Tran, K., Bui, J., Yang, E., Moghtaderi, A., Ngo, C., Chat, S., ... & Li, R. (2015). Effect of induced astigmatic blur on the spatial frequency tuning of stereopsis. In American Academy of Optometry. Meeting.

A full bibliography is available here