Monocular vs. binocular measurement of spatial vision in elders

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 87, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 526-531

  Schneck, Marilyn E ^a,b   Haegerstöm Portnoy, Gunilla ^b   Lott, Lori A ^a   Brabyn, John A ^a  

^a SMITH KETTLEWELL EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

acuity; aging; binocular inhibition; binocular summation; contrast sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ACUITY; AGING; BINOCULAR MEASUREMENT; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DAILY LIVES; HIGH CONTRAST; LOW CONTRAST; MEAN AGES; MEAN GAIN; MONOCULAR VISION; SPATIAL VISION; VISION FUNCTIONS;

BINOCULAR VISION; BINOCULARS;

OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR VISION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; MALE; MONOCULAR VISION; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION TEST; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGHTING; MALE; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISION TESTS; VISION, BINOCULAR; VISION, MONOCULAR; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 77955471400     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OPX.0b013e3181e61a88     Document Type: Article

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