Spatial frequency discrimination learning in normal and developmentally impaired human vision

Vision Research

Volumn 50, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 2445-2454

  Astle, Andrew T ^a   Webb, Ben S ^a   McGraw, Paul V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amblyopia; Detection; Discrimination; Perceptual learning; Spatial frequency

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBLYOPIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; STIMULUS GENERALIZATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; THERAPY EFFECT; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL THRESHOLD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBLYOPIA; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78149409993     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2010.09.004     Document Type: Article

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