Combining vernier acuity and visual backward masking as a sensitive test for visual temporal deficits in aging research

Vision Research

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 417-423

  Roinishvili, Maya ^a   Chkonia, Eka ^b   Stroux, Andrea ^c   Brand, Andreas ^d   Herzog, Michael H ^e  

^a Tbilisi St Andrew the First Called Georgian University of Georgian Patriarchate   (Georgia)

^b TBILISI STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Georgia)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^d KLINIKUM BREMEN OST   (Germany)

^e EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aging; Backward masking; Gender differences; Shine through effect; Temporal processing; Vernier acuity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BLURRED VISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GRATING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VISUAL MASKING; VISUAL STIMULATION; VOLUNTEER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952006509     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2010.12.011     Document Type: Article

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