Visual stress, its treatment with spectral filters, and its relationship to visually induced motion sickness

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 509-515

  Wilkins, Arnold Jonathan ^a   Evans, Bruce J W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b Institute of Optometry   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autism; Coloured filters; Cortical hyper excitability; Dyslexia; Meares Irlen syndrome; Migraine; Multiple sclerosis; Pattern glare; Photosensitive epilepsy; Photosensitivity; Reading speed; Spectral filters; Visual stress

Indexed keywords

BANDPASS FILTERS; LIGHT SENSITIVE MATERIALS; NEUROLOGY; PHOTOSENSITIVITY;

AUTISM; CORTICAL HYPER-EXCITABILITY; DYSLEXIA; MEARES-IRLEN SYNDROME; MIGRAINE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PHOTOSENSITIVE EPILEPSY; READING SPEED; SPECTRAL FILTERS;

DISEASES;

ARTICLE; COLORIMETRY; DIZZINESS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EYE EXAMINATION; EYE MOVEMENT; FILTER; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GLARE; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MOTION SICKNESS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; OXYGENATION; PERCEPTION; READING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEIZURE; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL STRESS;

EID: 77950369372     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2009.01.011     Document Type: Article

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