Personality dimensions of people who suffer from visual stress

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 603-610

  Hollis, J ^a   Allen, P M ^a   Fleischmann, D ^a   Aulak, R ^a  

^a ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coloured filters; Eysenck Personality Inventory; Meares Irlen syndrome; Visual stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXTRAVERSION; EYSENCK PERSONALITY QUESTIONNAIRE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTROVERSION; MALE; NERVE CELL; NEUROSIS; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; STIMULATION; VISUAL STRESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COLOR; EXTRAVERSION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; FLICKER FUSION; HUMANS; INTROVERSION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERCEPTUAL DISTORTION; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; READING; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSORY AIDS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 35448940590     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: 14751313     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-1313.2007.00519.x     Document Type: Article

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