The stability of steady state accomodation in human infants

Journal of Vision

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2007, Pages

  Candy, T Rowan ^a   Bharadwaj, Shrikant R ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accomodation; Human infant; Microfluctuations; Power spectrum; Viewing distance; Visual development

Indexed keywords

ACCOMMODATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EYE FIXATION; EYE REFRACTION; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; INFANT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESBYOPIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ACCOMMODATION, OCULAR; ADULT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FIXATION, OCULAR; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; INFANT; PRESBYOPIA; REFRACTION, OCULAR;

EID: 34548084511     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/7.11.4     Document Type: Article

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