The selective effect of optical defocus on detection and resolution acuity in peripheral vision

Current Eye Research

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 351-353

  Anderson, Roger S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aliasing; Defocus; Peripheral acuity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GRATING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PERIPHERAL VISION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0029987056     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02713689609007632     Document Type: Article

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