The scotopic low-frequency spatial contrast sensitivity develops in children between the ages of 5 and 14 years

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 345, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 161-164

  Benedek, György ^a   Benedek, Krisztina ^b   Kéri, Szabolcs ^a,b   Janáky, Márta ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Children; Contrast sensitivity; Development; Magnocellular pathway; Vision

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULTHOOD; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUMINANCE; NIGHT VISION; NORMAL HUMAN; PHOTOPIC VISION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VISUAL SYSTEM;

EID: 0037756708     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(03)00520-2     Document Type: Article

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