Assessing spatial perception in aging using an adapted Landolt-C technique

NeuroReport

Volumn 22, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 951-955

  Bertone, Armando ^a   Guy, Jacalyn ^a   Faubert, Jocelyn ^b,c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c Université Laval   (Canada)

Author keywords

Form perception; Landolt C; luminance; nonpathological aging; texture; visual perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORIENTATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81855208916     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: 1473558X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNR.0b013e32834d2f49     Document Type: Article

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