A binocular perimetry study of the causes and implications of sensory eye dominance

Vision Research

Volumn 51, Issue 23-24, 2011, Pages 2386-2397

  Xu, Jingping P ^a,b   He, Zijiang J ^a   Ooi, Teng Leng ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SALUS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Binocular disparity threshold; Binocular perimetry; Binocular rivalry; Monocular contrast threshold; Motor eye dominance; Sensory eye dominance; Stereo reaction time

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR PERIMETRY; BINOCULAR VISION; CONTRAST; CONTRAST THRESHOLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EYE DOMINANCE; EYE TRACKING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MOTOR EYE DOMINANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; RETINA FOVEA; SENSORY EYE DOMINANCE; STEREOSCOPIC VISION;

ADULT; DOMINANCE, OCULAR; HUMANS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; VISION DISPARITY; VISION, BINOCULAR; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 82455208922     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: 18785646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2011.09.012     Document Type: Article

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