Ben Thompson

Ben Thompson completed his BSc and PhD in the Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Sussex, UK. He then completed postdoctoral fellowships in the Department of Psychology, UCLA, USA and the Department of Ophthalmology, McGill University. Prior to joining us at Waterloo, Dr. Thompson was an Associate Professor in Optometry and Vision Science at the University of Auckland, New Zealand.

• Vision Rehabilitation
• Neuroscience
• Ocular Biology
• Technology and Optics

Dr. Thompson’s research is concerned with human visual cortex development and plasticity, particularly in promoting plasticity to improve outcomes for patients with brain-based visual disorders. This has led to an interest in amblyopia, and to the development of two new and highly promising approaches to treatment. Approved Ph.D. supervisor.

• PhD (Sussex)
• BSc (Sussex)

• Adjunct Professor, Dept. of Ophthalmology, McGill University
• Professor, Dept. of Optometry and Vision Science, University of Auckland

• OPTOM 219 - Visual Perception 2: Monocular and Binocular Visual Processes
  • Taught in 2018, 2019
• OPTOM 243 - Neurophysiology of Vision
  • Taught in 2018
• OPTOM 670 - Vision Science Part 1
  • Taught in 2018
• OPTOM 671 - Vision Science Part 2
  • Taught in 2018
• OPTOM 683 - Visual Sensory Neuroscience
  • Taught in 2018

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• A list of publications is available through Google Scholar.