Table.

Details and Sample Sizes for Each Treatment for All Species

Species	Treatment	Ocularity	Sample Size
Chicks	−7 D lens, continuous	Monocular	24
	+6 or +7 D lens, continuous	Monocular	36
	+7 D lens with a weak diffuser, continuous	Monocular	13
	+6 D lens, 5 s every 5 min	Monocular	10
	+6 D lens, 20 s every 20 min	Monocular	9
	+7 D lens, 2 min every 10 min	Monocular	7
	+6 D lens, 2 min every h	Monocular	14
	+10 D lens, 5 min every 4 h	Monocular	6
	+6 D lens, 30 min every 2 h	Monocular	6
	+6 or +10 D lens, 30 min every 4 h	Monocular	76
	+6 D lens, 30 min every 12 h	Monocular	6
	+6 and −6 D lenses, each worn alternately for 15 min every 4 h	Monocular	12
Tree shrews	1 d of recovery after 5 d of form deprivation	Monocular	5
	3 d of recovery after 5 d of form deprivation	Monocular	8
	5 d of recovery after 5 d of form deprivation	Monocular	10
	7 d of recovery after 5 d of form deprivation	Monocular	5
	9 d of recovery after 5 d of form deprivation	Monocular	6
Marmosets	Recovery from −5 D contact lens wear	Monocular	15
	Recovery from −3 or −5 D spectacle lens wear	Binocular	24
	Recovery from form deprivation	Monocular	17
	+3 or +5 D spectacle lens wear	Binocular	18
	+5 D contact lens wear	Monocular	20
	Untreated, normal marmosets	N.A.	20
Rhesus macaques	Recovery from form deprivation	Monocular	9
	Recovery from −3 D lens wear on the right eye (plano lens on the left eye)	Monocular	9
	Recovery from −3 D lens wear on both eyes	Binocular	10
	Recovery from −6 D lens wear on both eyes	Binocular	3
	Recovery from wearing negative lenses sequentially	Binocular	4
	Untreated, normal rhesus macaques	N.A.	40

Details and sample sizes for each treatment for all species (except for chicks whose untreated fellow eyes were measured repeatedly within an hour and form-deprived tree shrews without recovery; these values are given in the text).