Poor stereopsis can support size constancy in albinism

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 38, Issue 13, 1997, Pages 2800-2809

  Cobo Lewis, Alan B ^a,b,d   Siatkowski, R Michael ^b,c   Laviña, Adrian M ^b   Marquez, Lidia C ^a  

^a Department of Biology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Albinism; Size constancy; Stereopsis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALBINISM; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR VISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA IMAGE; STEREOSCOPIC VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL THRESHOLD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALBINISM, OCULOCUTANEOUS; CONVERGENCE, OCULAR; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SIZE PERCEPTION; VISION DISPARITY; VISION, BINOCULAR; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0031440876     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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