Amblyopic deficits in detecting a dotted line in noise

Vision Research

Volumn 40, Issue 23, 2000, Pages 3297-3307

  Mussap, Alexander J ^a   Levi, Dennis M ^b  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Amblyopia; Perceptual grouping; Strabismic amblyopia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBLYOPIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; EYE; FEMALE; FILTER; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPATIAL FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; STRABISMUS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; AMBLYOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SAMPLE SIZE; STRABISMUS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0033820853     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(00)00154-1     Document Type: Article

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