Fixation disparity at different viewing distances and the preferred viewing distance in a laboratory near-vision task

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 30-39

  Jaschinski, Wolfgang ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ RESEARCH CENTRE FOR WORKING ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN FACTORS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCOMMODATION; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR VISION; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FIXATION FAILURE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; OPTOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISION TEST;

EID: 0031962385     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0275-5408(97)00039-2     Document Type: Article

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