NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of ...

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Richard C. Van Sluyters, OD, PhD, (Chair) is a Professor of Optometry and Vision Science, and a member of the Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute at the University of California, Berkeley. He is a ...