Amblyopia masks the scale invariance of normal central vision

Journal of Vision

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Levi, Dennis M ^a,c   Whitaker, David ^b   Provost, Allison ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amblyopia; Angle discrimination; Deviation detection; Peripheral vision; Scale invariance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBLYOPIA; ARTICLE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STRABISMUS; VISION; VISUAL FIELD;

AMBLYOPIA; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; SPACE PERCEPTION; STRABISMUS; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58749088085     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/9.1.22     Document Type: Article

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