Beating the beat: reading can be faster than the frequency of eye movements in persons with congenital nystagmus

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 83, Issue 8, 2006, Pages E559-E571

  Woo, Stanley ^a   Bedell, Harold e ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Congenital nystagmus; Foveation period; Low vision; Reading

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER MONITORS; SCANNING; VISION; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS; WORD PROCESSING;

CONGENITAL NYSTAGMUS; FOVEATION PERIOD; LOW VISION; READING;

EYE MOVEMENTS;

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER; CONGENITAL NYSTAGMUS; DEVICE; EYE MOVEMENT; EYE POSITION; EYE TRACKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NYSTAGMUS, CONGENITAL; READING; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 33747434765     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: 15389235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.opx.0000230272.10471.03     Document Type: Article

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