On using Vernier acuity to assess magnocellular sensitivity

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 165-166

  Skottun, Bernt C ^a   Skoyles, John R ^b,c  

^a Ullevålsalleen 4C   (Norway)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amblyopia; Cortical visual impairment; Displacement; Fragile syndrome; Parvocellular; s Cones; Schizophrenia; Spatial

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOPIA; ARTICLE; COLOR DISCRIMINATION; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GENE MUTATION; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; LUMINANCE; MAGNOCELLULAR NUCLEUS; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

FEMALE; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMANS; RETINA; VISION DISORDERS; VISION TESTS;

EID: 75149172247     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2009.07.001     Document Type: Article

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