Binocular balance in normal vision and its modulation by mean luminance

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 88, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1072-1079

  Zhang, Peng ^a   Bobier, William ^a   Thompson, Benjamin ^b   Hess, Robert F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

binocular balance; eye dominance; mean luminance

Indexed keywords

BALANCE POINT; COHERENT MOTION; EYE DOMINANCE; LATERAL GENICULATE NUCLEUS; LIGHT LEVEL; MEAN LUMINANCE;

BINOCULAR VISION;

BINOCULARS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR VISION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EMMETROPIA; EYE DOMINANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DOMINANCE, OCULAR; EMMETROPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGHTING; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; VISION DISPARITY; VISION, BINOCULAR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052450197     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OPX.0b013e3182217295     Document Type: Article

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