Investigating the mechanisms that may underlie the reduction in contrast sensitivity during dynamic accommodation

Journal of Vision

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Mucke, Sven ^a   Manahilov, Velitchko ^a   Strang, Niall C ^a   Seidel, Dirk ^a   Gray, Lyle S ^a   Shahani, Uma ^a  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accommodation; Accommodative suppression; Computational modeling; Contrast sensitivity; Eye movements; Proprioception

Indexed keywords

ACCOMMODATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; INNERVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROPRIOCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCOMMODATION, OCULAR; ADULT; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; OCULOMOTOR MUSCLES; PROPRIOCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955143327     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/10.5.5     Document Type: Article

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