Simulated impairment of contrast sensitivity: Performance and gaze behavior during locomotion through a built environment

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 81, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 844-852

  Vivekananda Schmidt, Pirashanthie ^a,b   Anderson, Roger S ^a   Reinhardt Rutland, Anthony H ^a   Shields, T James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contrast sensitivity; Eye movements; Locomotion; Visual impairment

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA PROCESSING; EYE MOVEMENTS; LIBRARIES;

BALLISTIC STRATEGIES; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY (CS); DWELL TIME;

VISION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIRECTIONAL VISION; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; GAZE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; TIME; VISION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WALKING SPEED;

ADULT; ATTENTION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; LIBRARIES; MALE; SACCADES; TIME FACTORS; WALKING;

EID: 8444227058     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.OPX.0000145021.86327.B0     Document Type: Article

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