The critical period for susceptibility of human stereopsis

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 521-525

  Fawcett, Sherry L ^a   Wang, Yi Zhong ^b   Birch, Eileen E ^b  

^a RETINA FOUNDATION OF THE SOUTHWEST   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCOMMODATION; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR VISION; CHILD; CONVERGENT STRABISMUS; HUMAN; INFANCY; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOM DOT STEREOACUITY; STEREOSCOPIC VISION; STRABISMUS; VISUAL ACUITY;

ACCOMMODATION, OCULAR; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRITICAL PERIOD (PSYCHOLOGY); DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; ESOTROPIA; HUMANS; INFANT; VISION, BINOCULAR;

EID: 13944278001     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.04-0175     Document Type: Article

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