Enhancement of resolution acuity in a half-binocular viewing condition

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 6066-6069

  Masgoret, Ximena ^a   Asper, Lisa ^a   Alexander, Jack ^a   Suttle, Catherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR VISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIQUID CRYSTAL; MALE; MONOCULAR VISION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA FOVEA; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOVEA CENTRALIS; HUMANS; MALE; VISION, BINOCULAR; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955986977     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.09-4896     Document Type: Article

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