Luminance affects age-related deficits in object detection: Implications for computerized psychological assessments

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 522-528

  Seichepine, Daniel R ^a   McCallum, Meaghan E ^a   Tabor, Kristin ^a   Neargarder, Sandy ^a,b   Riedel, Tatiana M ^c   Gilmore, Grover C ^c   Cronin Golomb, Alice ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRIDGEWATER STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Computer assessment; Luminance; Object detection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUMINANCE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NATURALISTIC INQUIRY; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; REACTION TIME; SPATIAL FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER INTERFACE; ILLUMINATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; STANDARD;

AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; HUMANS; LIGHTING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REACTION TIME; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; VISION DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867421984     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: 19391498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0025576     Document Type: Article

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