Mechanisms of recovery of visual function in adult amblyopia through a tailored action video game

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Vedamurthy, Indu ^a   Nahum, Mor ^b   Bavelier, Daphne ^a,c   Levi, Dennis M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBLYOPIA; BINOCULAR VISION; CONVALESCENCE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; PHOTOSTIMULATION; VIDEO GAME; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AMBLYOPIA; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; VIDEO GAMES; VISION, BINOCULAR; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84923827667     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep08482     Document Type: Article

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