Relative roles of resolution and spatial interference in foveal and peripheral vision

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 49-57

  Latham, Keziah ^a   Whitaker, David ^b  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PERIPHERAL VISION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA FOVEA; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD;

EID: 0030069367     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0275-5408(95)00124-7     Document Type: Article

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