"Howard Howland, Ph.D. '68, a neurophysiologist who studied the eyes of humans and animals, died Oct. 26 in Ithaca. He was 92. Howland, professor emeritus of neurobiology and behavior in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S), advanced the science behind aberrometers, devices that map imperfections in the eye's optical system, used widely by vision researchers and eye care professionals."
"He and his brother Brandford Howland developed a noninvasive way to measure how eyes - especially those of human infants and animals - focus on objects using specialized camera and video equipment. Howland traveled the world with his research equipment to study the vision of animals in zoos, nature preserves and the wild - including fish, crocodiles, otters, seals and Humboldt penguins in the Falkland Islands. In his lab at Cornell, Howland tracked the development of eyes in humans from infancy to adulthood,"
Howard Howland was a neurophysiologist who studied human and animal vision and died Oct. 26 in Ithaca at age 92. He advanced the science behind aberrometers to map optical imperfections of the eye. He and his brother Brandford Howland developed a noninvasive camera- and video-based method to measure how eyes, particularly those of infants and animals, focus on objects. He conducted field studies of animal vision worldwide, including fish, crocodiles, otters, seals, and Humboldt penguins in the Falkland Islands. In his Cornell lab he tracked eye development from infancy to adulthood and taught animal physiology while helping establish neurobiology and behavior studies.
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