Perceptual learning improves adult amblyopic vision through rule-based cognitive compensation

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 2020-2030

  Zhang, Jun Yun ^a   Cong, Lin Juan ^a   Klein, Stanley A ^b   Levi, Dennis M ^b   Yu, Cong ^a,b  

^a Tsinghua University   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amblyopia; Orientation; Perceptual learning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBLYOPIA; ANISOMETROPIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROWDING (VISION); FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; ORTHOGONAL ROTATION; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPATIAL FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL ORIENTATION; YOUNG ADULT;

AMBLYOPIA; ORIENTATION; PERCEPTUAL LEARNING;

ADULT; AMBLYOPIA; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; ORIENTATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897547592     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.13-13739     Document Type: Article

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