Effect of luminance on visual evoked potential amplitudes in normal and disabled readers

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 279-283

  Brannan, Julie R ^a   Solan, Harold A ^a   Ficarra, Anthony P ^a   Ong, Editha ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Luminance; Magnocellular; Parvocellular; Reading disability; Spatial frequency; Temporal frequency; Transient deficit; VEP

Indexed keywords

BIOELECTRIC POTENTIALS; HANDICAPPED PERSONS; PEDIATRICS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

FAST PROCESSING MAGNOCELLULAR; MEASURE ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE (MANOVA);

VISION;

ARTICLE; BINOCULAR VISION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSLEXIA; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; LUMINANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOCULAR VISION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; DYSLEXIA; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGHT; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISION; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0032054805     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006324-199804000-00025     Document Type: Article

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