Practices for Improving Learning Problems Using Innovative Ophthalmokinetic Muscle Training Software

Nikolaos-Ilias Papadeas1 , Antonis Lampropoulos2

(1. TU Muenchen, Germany; 2. University of Thessaly, Greece)

Abstract: Learning difficulties have been the subject of study and research for many decades. They are complex as each case of a person with learning difficulties has particularities and it is difficult to group incidents. The aim of the work is to demonstrate that many cases of people who have been classified as dyslexic can improve their learning ability with some exercises that exercise the ocular muscles.
It is proven that the modern way of life has made many people spend many hours in front of a screen. As a result, the six ophthalmokinetic muscles are unsophical and do not move flexibly to recruit stimuli and symbols quickly and correctly.
This study separates learning difficulties into specific and general learning difficulties. The general characteristics of each category are also presented. Finally, methods and techniques are presented to help improve visual perception. The software is part of research and study of the visual perception of researcher Nikolaos-Ilias Papadeas (graduate engineer TU Muenchen, Germany) who has developed the PAS (Papadeas Attention System). The softwares we propose and present are based on the idea that they exercise the six ophthalmokinetic muscles in order not only to facilitate the uptake of information but also to be foolproof. In fact, therefore, visual perception is improved. These softwares can be run at school or at home, are user-friendly and do not need specialized knowledge. They offer an improvement in learning difficulties to people of all ages, but especially to people in urgent need of a large volume of subject matter. Also their execution by normal people helps them to become fast-reading, to gain speed in understanding, to memorize the necessary information, to develop study methodologies with the aim of developing critical thinking.

Key words: visual perception, ophthalmokinetic muscles, learning difficulties