Perceptual distortion in the visual field surrounding a scotoma: Psychophysical measurement with a "spatial interval discrimination task"

International Congress Series

Volumn 1282, Issue , 2005, Pages 749-753

  Van Baelen, Marc ^a   Claessens, Peter ^a   Stalmans, Peter ^b   Wagemans, Johan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UZLeuven ^*  (Belgium)

Author keywords

Idiopathic macular hole; Perceptual distortion; Physiological blind spot; Scotoma

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646551495     PISSN: 05315131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ics.2005.05.116     Document Type: Article

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