Quantitative measurement of interocular suppression in children with amblyopia

Vision Research

Volumn 66, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-10

  Narasimhan, Sathyasri ^a   Harrison, Emily R ^a   Giaschi, Deborah E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amblyopia; Contrast thresholds; Dichoptic viewing; Global motion; Psychophysics; Suppression

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AMBLYOPIA; ANISOMETROPIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTEROCULAR SUPPRESSION; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; VIRTUAL REALITY; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; AMBLYOPIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; OCCLUSIVE DRESSINGS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; VISION, BINOCULAR;

EID: 84863758453     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: 18785646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2012.06.007     Document Type: Article

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