Scotopic spatiotemporal sensitivity differences between young and old adults

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 339-350

  Clark, Cynthia L ^a,b   Hardy, Joseph L ^b,c   Volbrecht, Vicki J ^d   Werner, John S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Lumos Labs Inc   (United States)

^d Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; scotopic vision; spatial contrast; temporal contrast

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NIGHT VISION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NIGHT VISION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953839634     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: 14751313     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-1313.2010.00740.x     Document Type: Article

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