Objective vs subjective measures of fixation disparity for short and long fixation periods

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 379-390

  Jaschinski, Wolfgang ^a   Jainta, Stephanie ^a   Kloke, Wilhelm Bernhard ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ RESEARCH CENTRE FOR WORKING ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN FACTORS   (Germany)

Author keywords

binocular vision; eye movements; fixation disparity; nonius lines

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR CONVERGENCE; BINOCULAR VISION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION TEST;

ADULT; CONVERGENCE, OCULAR; HUMANS; VISION DISPARITY; VISION TESTS; VISION, BINOCULAR;

EID: 77953858186     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: 14751313     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-1313.2010.00753.x     Document Type: Article

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