Effects of aging on visual contour integration and segmentation

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 3955-3961

  Casco, Clara ^a   Robol, Valentina ^a   Barollo, Michele ^a   Cansino, Selene ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA IMAGE; SPATIAL FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL CONTOUR INTEGRATION; VISUAL INFORMATION; VISUAL ORIENTATION; VISUAL SEGMENTATION; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; VISUAL THRESHOLD;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; COLOR VISION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NIGHT VISION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMETRICS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; VISION, LOW; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79958207863     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.10-5439     Document Type: Article

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