Factors affecting crowded acuity: Eccentricity and contrast

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 90, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 628-638

  Coates, Daniel R ^a,b   Chin, Jeremy M ^b   Chung, Susana T L ^b  

^a Vision Science Graduate Program   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

acuity; contrast; critical contrast; critical spacing; crowding; eccentricity; periphery

Indexed keywords

ACUITY; CONTRAST; CRITICAL CONTRAST; CRITICAL SPACING; CROWDING; ECCENTRICITY; PERIPHERY;

OPHTHALMOLOGY; OPTOMETERS;

GRAPHIC METHODS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; READING; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PSYCHOPHYSICS; READING; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880324895     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: 15389235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OPX.0b013e31829908a4     Document Type: Article

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