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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816694003321

Titolo

Emergent techniques for assessment of visual performance / / Committee on Vision, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1985

ISBN

1-280-26092-0

9786610260928

0-309-59166-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource  (viii, 66 pages) : illustrations

Soggetti

Visual acuity

Eye - Accommodation and refraction

Vision - Testing

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Emergent Techniques for Assessment of Visual Performance -- Copyright -- PREFACE -- Contents -- INTRODUCTION -- CONTRAST SENSITIVITY FUNCTION -- DARK-FOCUS: ANOMALOUS REFRACTIVE ERRORS AND ACCOMMODATION -- DYNAMIC MEASURES -- TWO MODES OF VISUAL PROCESSING -- SUMMARY RECOMMENDATIONS -- APPENDIX A: BASIC FACTORS IN SPATIAL CONTRAST SENSITIVITY -- APPENDIX B: DETECTION SENSITIVITY AND RESPONSE BIAS -- APPENDIX C: BASIC CONCEPTS IN FOURIER ANALYSIS -- APPENDIX D: THE USE OF TESTS FOR SCREENING AND SELECTION -- REFERENCES.