Stereopsis and amblyopia: A mini-review

Vision Research

Volumn 114, Issue , 2015, Pages 17-30

  Levi, Dennis M ^a   Knill, David C ^b   Bavelier, Daphne ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Amblyopia; Anisometropia; Perceptual learning; Stereopsis; Strabismus; Videogames

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOPIA; ANISOMETROPIA; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONVALESCENCE; CROWDING (VISION); DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; MOTOR CONTROL; PENALIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECREATION; REFRACTION ERROR; REFRACTIVE SURGERY; SHORT SURVEY; STEREOSCOPIC VISION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FEEDBACK; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION; ADULT; AGE; BINOCULAR VISION; CHILD; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STRABISMUS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AMBLYOPIA; ANISOMETROPIA; CHILD; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMANS; STRABISMUS; VISION, BINOCULAR; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84943207709     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: 18785646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2015.01.002     Document Type: Review

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