Reading performance in older adults with good acuity

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 316-324

  Lott, Lori A ^a   Schneck, Marilyn E ^a   Haegerström Portnoy, Gunilla ^a,b   Brabyn, John A ^a   Gildengorin, Ginny L ^a,c   West, Catherine G ^a  

^a SMITH KETTLEWELL EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c BUCK INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Attentional field; Low contrast vision; Reading; Visual acuity

Indexed keywords

REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VISION;

ACUITY;

OPHTHALMOLOGY;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; RISK FACTOR; SKILL; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD;

EID: 0035002102     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006324-200105000-00015     Document Type: Article

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