Treatment of children with amblyopia by perceptual learning

Vision Research

Volumn 49, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 2599-2603

  Polat, Uri ^a   Ma Naim, Tova ^a   Spierer, Abraham ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Amblyopia; Contrast sensitivity; Perceptual learning; Plasticity; Treatment

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AMBLYOPIA; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERCEPTUAL LEARNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY;

AMBLYOPIA; CHILD; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; HUMANS; LEARNING; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PILOT PROJECTS; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 70349970891     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2009.07.008     Document Type: Article

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