A new study from researchers at UC Berkeley and the University of Geneva has found dressmakers have enhanced stereoscopic vision compared to those in other professions.
Researchers reportedly used computerized perceptual tasks to test the stereoscopic vision of dressmakers and other professionals. Results reportedly showed dressmakers to be 80 percent more accurate than non-dressmakers at calculating the distance between themselves and the objects they were looking at, and 43 percent better at estimating the distance between objects.
Investigators now plan to work to determine whether dressmaking sharpens stereoscopic vision, or whether dressmakers are drawn to the trade because of their visual stereo-acuity. Additionally, researchers believe their findings may help enhance ongoing efforts to train people with visual impairments, such as amblyopia, to strengthen their stereoscopic vision.
The study was recently published in the journal Scientific Reports.
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