Contour integration in strabismic amblyopia: The sufficiency of an explanation based on positional uncertainty

Vision Research

Volumn 37, Issue 22, 1997, Pages 3145-3161

  Hess, Robert F ^a   McIlhagga, William ^a   Field, David J ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amblyopia; Association; Contour integration; Positional uncertainty

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOPIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRABISMUS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL SYSTEM;

AMBLYOPIA; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; STRABISMUS;

EID: 0030829906     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(96)00281-7     Document Type: Article

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