A comparison of the effects of ageing upon vernier and bisection acuity

Vision Research

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1039-1045

  Garcia Suarez, Luis ^a   Barrett, Brendan T ^a   Pacey, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; Bisection acuity; Vernier acuity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISION TESTS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 1642359259     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2003.11.018     Document Type: Article

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