Mesopic radial frequency contrast sensitivity function for young and older adults

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 791-794

  Santos, Natanael A ^a   Oliveira, A B ^a   Nogueira, R M T B L ^a   Simas, M L B ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Contrast sentivity; Forced choice method; Radial Frequency; Visual form processing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORCED CHOICE METHOD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUMINANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOPHYSICS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL STIMULATION; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 33745073797     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: 1414431X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-879X2006000600012     Document Type: Article

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