Clinical Research Directory

Inclusion Criteria: \- 1: Myopia group: (1) informed consent obtained; (2) children aged 6-18 years; (3) no contraindications for wearing the eye-tracker (e.g., high astigmatism, head/neck injury); (4) myopia already present in at least one eye (spherical equivalent ≤ -0.50 D). 2: Emmetropia group: (1) informed consent obtained; (2) children aged 6-18 years; (3) no contraindications for wearing the eye-tracker (e.g., high astigmatism, head/neck injury). Exclusion Criteria: \- 1: Myopia group: (1) high myopia in either eye (spherical equivalent ≤ -6.00 D); (2) any ocular pathology other than myopia (strabismus, amblyopia, congenital cataract, juvenile glaucoma, retinal disease, etc.); (3) systemic disorders that may affect vision or visual development (e.g., diabetes); (4) anisometropia \> 1.00 D or astigmatism \> 2.00 D in either eye. 2: Emmetropia group: (1) myopia or hyperopia in either eye (spherical equivalent ≤ -0.50 D or ≥ +0.50 D); (2) any ocular pathology (strabismus, amblyopia, congenital cataract, juvenile glaucoma, retinal disease, etc.); (3) systemic disorders that may affect vision or visual development (e.g., diabetes); (4) anisometropia \> 1.00 D or astigmatism \> 2.00 D in either eye.