Retinal and cortical patterns of spatial anisotropy in contrast sensitivity tasks

Vision Research

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 127-135

  Silva, Maria Fatima ^a   Maia Lopes, Susana ^a   Mateus, Catarina ^a   Guerreiro, Manuela ^a   Sampaio, Joana ^a   Faria, Pedro ^a   Castelo Branco, Miguel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Asymmetry; Cerebral dominance; Contrast sensitivity; Hemispheric specialization; Magnification factor; Spatial vision; Visual system

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE DOMINANCE; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROOPHTHALMOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA IMAGE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL ORIENTATION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RETINA; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 38749106981     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2007.10.018     Document Type: Article

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