Improving reading speed for people with central vision loss through perceptual learning

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 1164-1170

  Chung, Susana T L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PERCEPTUAL LEARNING; PREFERRED RETINAL LOCUS FOR FIXATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; READING SPEED; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; CONGENITAL CORNEA DYSTROPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; VISION; VISUAL DISORDER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORNEAL DYSTROPHIES, HEREDITARY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOPHYSICS; READING; VISION, LOW; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL PERCEPTION; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS;

EID: 79953311761     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.10-6034     Document Type: Article

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