Characterizing the mechanisms of improvement for position discrimination in adult amblyopia

Journal of Vision

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 476-487

  Li, Roger W ^a   Levi, Dennis M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amblyopia; Counting; Occlusion therapy; Perceptual learning; Stereoacuity; Visual acuity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBLYOPIA; ANISOMETROPIA; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROOPHTHALMOLOGY; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; REFRACTION ERROR; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; SPATIAL FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; STEREOSCOPIC VISION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; STRABISMUS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; AMBLYOPIA; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; ORIENTATION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 3843108273     PISSN: 15347362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/4.6.7     Document Type: Article

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