Psychophysical estimation of speed discrimination. II. Aging effects

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 2269-2286

  Raghuram, Aparna ^a,c   Lakshminarayanan, Vasudevan ^a   Khanna, Ritu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; ESTIMATION; GERIATRICS; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL METHODS; SUBJECTIVE TESTING;

CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; SPEED DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

VISION;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESEARCH; VISION TEST; VISUAL ADAPTATION; VISUAL FIELD;

ADAPTATION, OCULAR; ADULT; AGED; AGING; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RESEARCH; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; VISION TESTS; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 28344443494     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.22.002269     Document Type: Article

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