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Eye simulator: http://cim.ucdavis.edu/EyeRelease

¹ Centre for Cognitive Neuroscience, School of Psychology, University of Wales, Bangor, Gwynedd LL57 2AS; Walton Centre for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Lower Lane, Fazakerley, Liverpool L9 7LJ, UK
² Department of Ophthalmology, Mater Health Services, Raymond Terrace, South Brisbane, Qld, Australia 4101, Australia

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Correspondence to:
R M Bracewell;
m.bracewell@bangor.ac.uk

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EyeSim is a well designed, interactive website that simulates eye movements and pupillary responses. Virtual lesions induce defects that are not subtle, making the simulator more useful for teaching undergraduates and junior postgraduates than for simulating "the real thing". The website is readily accessible and the explanations are clear. Two multimedia application programmes are required to run EyeSim; these can be easily downloaded from the opening page of the website.

Although there is a demonstration mode that (literally) talks the user through a very simple examination of ocular motility and demonstrates third, fourth, and sixth nerve palsies, one of the most pleasing features of the website is one’s ability to interact with it. The website presents a virtual patient whose two eyes follow the computer mouse. One can click on a menu to disable one or more extra ocular muscles and observe the resulting eye movements. The eye movement abnormalities . . . [Full text of this article]