The effect of normal aging on closed contour shape discrimination

Journal of Vision

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 1-9

  McKendrick, Allison M ^a   Weymouth, Anne E ^a   Battista, Josephine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Contrast sensitivity; Detection discrimination; Shape and contour; Spatial vision

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; VISUAL CORTEX;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; ORIENTATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; VISUAL CORTEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955480026     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/10.2.1     Document Type: Article

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