Learning to identify near-acuity letters, either with or without flankers, results in improved letter size and spacing limits in adults with amblyopia

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Chung, Susana T L ^a,b   Li, Roger W ^a,b   Levi, Dennis M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBLYOPIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROWDING; EYE FIXATION; FEMALE; FLANKED LETTER TRAINING; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEARNING; MALE; PERCEPTION; PRETEST POSTTEST DESIGN; PROCEDURAL MEMORY; REFRACTION ERROR; STIMULUS RESPONSE; STRABISMUS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL STIMULATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS;

ADULT; AMBLYOPIA; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY); VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860469220     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0035829     Document Type: Article

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