A psychophysical study of human binocular interactions in normal and amblyopic visual systems

Vision Research

Volumn 48, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 1522-1531

  Vedamurthy, Indu ^a   Suttle, Catherine M ^a   Alexander, Jack ^a   Asper, Lisa J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alignment sensitivity; Amblyopia; Binocular; Contrast sensitivity; Dichoptic

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBLYOPIA; ANISOMETROPIA; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR VISION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE DOMINANCE; EYELID CLOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; VISION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBLYOPIA; CHILD; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DOMINANCE, OCULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; VISION, BINOCULAR; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 44949213705     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2008.04.004     Document Type: Article

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