Resolution of blur in the older eye: Neural compensation in addition to optics?

Journal of Vision

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Jung, Gloria H ^a   Kline, Donald W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Artificial pupils; Blur; Neural compensation; Pupillary miosis; Visual aging; Word acuity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHYSIOLOGY; READING; TIME; VERY ELDERLY; VISION TEST; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; LIGHTING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; READING; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; TIME FACTORS; VISION TESTS; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955161416     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/10.5.7     Document Type: Article

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