Age-Related Changes in the Functional Visual Field: Further Evidence for an Inverse Age X Eccentricity Effect

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2004, Pages

  Coeckelbergh, Tanja R M ^a,d,e   Cornelissen, Frans W ^a   Brouwer, Wiebo H ^a   Kooijman, Aart C ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c Visio National Foundation for the Blind   (Netherlands)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^e ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE MOVEMENT; EYE TRACKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA FOVEA; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION TEST; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD;

EID: 1642498223     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/59.1.P11     Document Type: Article

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