The effect of aging on contour integration

Vision Research

Volumn 48, Issue 28, 2008, Pages 2767-2774

  Roudaia, Eugenie ^a   Bennett, Patrick J ^a,b   Sekuler, Allison B ^a,b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Contour integration; Orientation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MALE; ORIENTATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 55649090126     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2008.07.026     Document Type: Article

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