Using nonlinear regression to estimate parameters of dark adaptation

Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, and Computers

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 712-717

  McGwin Jr , Gerald ^a   Jackson, Gregory R ^a   Owsley, Cynthia ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; DARK ADAPTATION; HUMAN; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; DARK ADAPTATION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS;

EID: 0033219467     PISSN: 07433808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03200752     Document Type: Article

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