Reading on LCD vs e-Ink displays: Effects on fatigue and visual strain

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 367-374

  Siegenthaler, Eva ^a   Bochud, Yves ^a   Bergamin, Per ^a   Wurtz, Pascal ^b  

^a Swiss Distance University of Applied Sciences   (Switzerland)

^b SirValUse   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Electronic display; Reading; Visual fatigue; Visual strain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHENOPIA; EYE FIXATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIQUID CRYSTAL; MALE; MICROCOMPUTER; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PUPIL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; READING; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADULT; ASTHENOPIA; DATA DISPLAY; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MALE; MICROCOMPUTERS; MIDDLE AGED; PUPIL; QUESTIONNAIRES; READING; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VISION DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865288419     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: 14751313     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-1313.2012.00928.x     Document Type: Article

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