Contrast sensitivity throughout adulthood

1983/01/01 by Cynthia Owsley, Robert Sekuler, Dennis Siemsen +1 · 828 citations
Medicine · Neuroscience · Psychology · #Audiology #Contrast (vision) #Developmental psychology #Glaucoma and retinal disorders #Medicine #Ophthalmology #Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies #Optics #Physics #Psychology #Retinal #Sensitivity (control systems) #Spatial frequency #Visual perception and processing mechanisms #Young adult

paper · doi:10.1016/0042-6989(83)90210-9

published in Vision Research 23(7), 689-699 (Elsevier BV)

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