Repeated measurements of contrast sensitivity reveal limits to visual plasticity after early binocular deprivation in humans

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2104-2112

  Maurer, Daphne ^a,c   Ellemberg, Dave ^b   Lewis, Terri L ^a,c,d  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Binocular deprivation; Congenital cataract; Contrast sensitivity; Developmental plasticity; Visual deprivation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL CATARACT; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; PLASTICITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SPATIAL FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; VISION; VISUAL DEPRIVATION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

CATARACT; CHILD; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NYSTAGMUS, PHYSIOLOGIC; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; STRABISMUS; VISION, BINOCULAR; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 33745603004     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2005.10.008     Document Type: Article

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