Making perceptual learning practical to improve visual functions

Vision Research

Volumn 49, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 2566-2573

  Polat, Uri ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Amblyopia; Contrast sensitivity; Perceptual learning; Plasticity; Presbyopia; Reaction time; Temporal processing; Visual acuity

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOPIA; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PERCEPTUAL LEARNING; PRESBYOPIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREATMENT INDICATION; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL MASKING;

AMBLYOPIA; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; HUMANS; LEARNING; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); PRESBYOPIA; PSYCHOPHYSICS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 70349913676     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2009.06.005     Document Type: Article

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