Monocular contrast sensitivity in 3- to 36-month-old human infants

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 73, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 546-551

  Adams, Russell J ^a   Courage, Mary L ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

children; contrast sensitivity; infants; monocular; spatial vision; visual development

Indexed keywords

BINOCULAR VISION; ESTIMATION; HUMAN ENGINEERING; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

BINOCULAR CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CHILDREN; HUMAN INFANTS; MONOCULAR CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; VISUAL ACUITY;

VISION;

ARTICLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0030220994     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006324-199608000-00005     Document Type: Article

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