Developmental changes during childhood in single-letter acuity and its crowding by surrounding contours

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 423-437

  Jeon, Seong Taek ^a   Hamid, Joshua ^a   Maurer, Daphne ^a   Lewis, Terri L ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Children; Crowding; Development; Psychophysics; Single letter acuity; Visual perception

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECOGNITION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955560034     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2010.05.009     Document Type: Article

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