Increased surround modulation of perceived contrast in the elderly

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 88, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1298-1308

  Karas, Renee ^a   McKendrick, Allison M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

ageing; brightness induction; contrast discrimination; psychophysics; surround modulation

Indexed keywords

AGE-DEPENDENT DIFFERENCES; AGE-RELATED; AGEING; CONTRAST DISCRIMINATION; HIGH CONTRAST; IN-PHASE; INDUCTION MECHANISM; METHOD OF CONSTANT STIMULUS; NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS; OLDER ADULTS; OUT OF PHASE; PERCEIVED CONTRAST; PHASE INFORMATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SINE-WAVE GRATING; SURROUND MODULATION; SURROUND SUPPRESSION;

EXPERIMENTS; LUMINANCE;

SUPERALLOYS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80255137029     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OPX.0b013e31822f4d51     Document Type: Article

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