Effect of blur adaptation on blur sensitivity and discrimination in emmetropes and myopes

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2932-2939

  Cufflin, Matthew P ^a   Mankowska, Alex ^a   Mallen, Edward A H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BLURRED VISION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MYOPIA; OPTOMETER; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VISUAL ADAPTATION; VISUAL SYSTEM; ACCOMMODATION; BINOCULAR VISION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACCOMMODATION, OCULAR; ADULT; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOPIA; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; VISION, BINOCULAR;

EID: 34347260316     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.06-0836     Document Type: Article

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