Changes in ocular accommodation when shifting between global and local attention

Clinical and Experimental Optometry

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 28-32

  Lawson, Murray L ^a   Crewther, Sheila G ^a   Junghans, Barbara M ^b   Crewther, David P ^c   Kiely, Patricia M ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Global attention; Local attention; Ocular accommodation

Indexed keywords

ACCOMMODATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EYE REFRACTION; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION;

ACCOMMODATION, OCULAR; ADULT; ATTENTION; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; HUMANS; OCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; REFRACTION, OCULAR; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 15044359035     PISSN: 08164622     EISSN: 14440938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-0938.2005.tb06660.x     Document Type: Article

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