Quantifying sensory eye dominance in the normal visual system: A new technique and insights into variation across traditional tests

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 6875-6881

  Li, Jingrong ^a   Lam, Carly S Y ^b   Yu, Minbin ^a   Hess, Robert F ^c   Chan, Lily Y L ^b   Maehara, Goro ^c   Woo, George C ^b   Thompson, Benjamin ^d  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR VISION; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTANCE FIXATION DISPARITY TEST; EYE DOMINANCE; FEMALE; HOLE IN A CARD TEST; HUMAN; MALE; MODIFIED BAGOLINI STRIATED LENS TEST; MOTION; NEAR POINT CONVERGENCE TEST; POINT A FINGER TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; SCREENING TEST; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL SYSTEM; WORTH 4 DOT TEST;

EID: 79955132851     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.10-5549     Document Type: Article

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