Isoeccentric locations are not equivalent: The extent of the vertical meridian asymmetry

Vision Research

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 70-78

  Abrams, Jared ^a   Nizam, Aaron ^a   Carrasco, Marisa ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contrast sensitivity; Horizontal vertical anisotropy; Performance fields; Spatial vision; Upper versus lower asymmetry; Vertical meridian asymmetry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGULAR DISTANCE FROM THE VERTICAL MERIDIAN; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERTICAL MERIDIAN ASYMMETRY; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL FIELD ASYMMETRY; VISUAL HEMIFIELD; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMETRICS; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 84455208130     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: 18785646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2011.10.016     Document Type: Article

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