Traffic gap judgment in people with significant peripheral field loss

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 26-36

  Cheong, Allen M Y ^a,b   Geruschat, Duane R ^a,c   Congdon, Nathan ^d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c Maryland School for the Blind   (United States)

^d CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Decision making; Fixation behavior; Gaze; Low vision; Mobility; Street crossing

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DISTANCE MEASUREMENT; EYE MOVEMENTS; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; PATTERN RECOGNITION; ROADS AND STREETS;

FIXATION BEHAVIOR; MOBILITY; PERIPHERAL FIELD LOSS; STREET CROSSING; TRAFFIC GAP JUDGMENT;

VISION;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EYE FIXATION; EYE MOVEMENT; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; PERIPHERAL FIELD LOSS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; TRAFFIC; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL INFORMATION;

ADULT; AGED; AUTOMOBILES; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; ORIENTATION; PERIMETRY; SCOTOMA; VISUAL FIELDS; WALKING;

EID: 37848999469     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OPX.0b013e31815ed6fd     Document Type: Article

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