Normal aging and the perception of curvature shapes

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 84, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1087-1092

  Legault, Isabelle ^a   Allard, Rémy ^a   Faubert, Jocelyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Curvature; Distortion; Faces; Shape

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LENSES; NEURONS; VISIBILITY;

CORTICAL NEURONS; CURVATURE SHAPES; CURVE GEOMETRIES;

OPHTHALMOLOGY;

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGING; LENS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENESCENCE; VISION;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMETRICS;

EID: 37349057351     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OPX.0b013e31815b9e25     Document Type: Article

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