The effect of retinal image slip on peripheral visual acuity

Journal of Vision

Volumn 8, Issue 14, 2008, Pages

  Macedo, Antonio F ^a,b,d   Crossland, M D ^a   Rubin, G S ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^c NIHR Faculty   (United Kingdom)

^d 11 43 Bath Street ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crowding; Eye movements; Peripheral retina; Retinal image slip; Visual acuity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EYE FIXATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD;

ADULT; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RETINA; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 56349146976     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/8.14.16     Document Type: Article

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