Effect of target spatial frequency on accommodative response in myopes and emmetropes

Journal of Vision

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Taylor, John ^a   Charman, W Neil ^a   O'Donnell, Clare ^a   Radhakrishnan, Hema ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accommodation; Auto refractor; Myopia; Response stimulus curves; Spatial frequency

Indexed keywords

ACCOMMODATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MONOCULAR VISION; MYOPIA; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ACCOMMODATION, OCULAR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOPIA; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISION, MONOCULAR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 63649151419     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/9.1.16     Document Type: Article

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