Anisotropies in peripheral vernier acuity

Spatial Vision

Volumn 18, Issue 2 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 159-167

  Westheimer, Gerald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alignment thresholds; Oblique effect; Peripheral visual field; Radial tangential anisotropy; Retinal eccentricity; Vernier acuity

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; CELLS; NEUROLOGY; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS);

ALIGNMENT THRESHOLDS; OBLIQUE EFFECT; PERIPHERAL VISUAL FIELD; RADIAL/TANGENTIAL ANISOTROPY; RETINAL ECCENTRICITY; VERNIER ACUITY;

VISION;

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REFERENCE VALUE; RETINA; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD;

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REFERENCE VALUES; RETINA; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 17044370078     PISSN: 01691015     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/1568568053320611     Document Type: Review

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