A comparison of sampling efficiency and internal noise level in young and old subjects

Vision Research

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1641-1648

  Pardhan, S ^a   Gilchrist, J ^a   Elliott, D B ^a   Beh, G K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; Sampling efficiency; Visual noise

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; GRATING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUMINANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENESCENCE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM; VISUAL THRESHOLD;

EID: 0029951883     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0042-6989(95)00214-6     Document Type: Article

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