Interocular suppression in normal and amblyopic vision: Spatio-temporal properties

Journal of Vision

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Huang, Pi Chun ^a,b   Baker, Daniel H ^c   Hess, Robert F ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amblyopia; Dichoptic masking; Dynamic; Interocular suppression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBLYOPIA; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR VISION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; STRABISMUS;

ADULT; AMBLYOPIA; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; STRABISMUS; VISION, BINOCULAR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870272748     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/12.11.29     Document Type: Article

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