Visual training improves underwater vision in children

Vision Research

Volumn 46, Issue 20, 2006, Pages 3443-3450

  Gislén, Anna ^a   Warrant, Eric J ^a   Dacke, Marie ^a   Kröger, Ronald H H ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Accommodation; Acuity; Contrast sensitivity; Perceptual learning; Pupil

Indexed keywords

ACCOMMODATION; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPIL; SCHOOL CHILD; SUNLIGHT; TRAINING; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY;

ACCOMMODATION, OCULAR; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DIVING; FEMALE; GYPSIES; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; PUPIL; THAILAND; VISUAL ACUITY; WATER;

EID: 33746323056     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2006.05.004     Document Type: Article

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