Grating detection and orientation discrimination in amblyopia

Current Eye Research

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1044-1049

  Barrett, Brendan T ^a   Cox, Michael J ^a   Simmers, Anita J ^b   Gray, Lyle S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amblyopia; Human; Orientation discrimination; Spatial aliasing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBLYOPIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; STRABISMUS; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL ORIENTATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; AMBLYOPIA; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; HUMANS; ORIENTATION; PSYCHOMETRICS; SPACE PERCEPTION; STRABISMUS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0030820012     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/ceyr.16.10.1044.9012     Document Type: Article

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