The effect of flankers on three tasks in central, peripheral, and amblyopic vision

Journal of Vision

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-23

  Levi, Dennis M ^a   Carney, Thom ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amblyopia; Crowding; Facilitation; Peripheral vision; Psychophysics

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOPIA; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; ORIENTATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHYSIOLOGY; VISUAL FIELD;

AMBLYOPIA; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 79251547697     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/11.1.1     Document Type: Article

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