Contour interaction for high and low contrast optotypes in normal and amblyopic observers

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 253-260

  Simmers, Anita J ^a   Gray, Lyle S ^b   McGraw, Paul V ^c   Winn, Barry ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBLYOPIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; AMBLYOPIA; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMETRICS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0033012162     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0275-5408(98)00056-8     Document Type: Article

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