How good is the match between the plane of the text and the plane of focus during reading?

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 180-192

  Schaeffel, Frank ^a   Weiss, Stefan ^a   Seidel, Jörg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCOMMODATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; GAZE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MYOPIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; RETINA FOVEA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VISUAL FIELD;

EID: 0032990751     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1475-1313.1999.00430.x     Document Type: Article

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