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The effects of aging on orientation discrimination
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The effects of aging on orientation discrimination

Abstract

The current experiments measured orientation discrimination thresholds in younger (mean age approximately 23 years) and older (mean age approximately 66 years) subjects. In Experiment 1, the contrast needed to discriminate Gabor patterns (0.75, 1.5, and 3c/deg) that differed in orientation by 12deg was measured for different levels of external noise. At all three spatial frequencies, discrimination thresholds were significantly higher in older …

Authors

Betts LR; Sekuler AB; Bennett PJ

Journal

Vision Research, Vol. 47, No. 13, pp. 1769–1780

Publisher

Elsevier

Publication Date

June 2007

DOI

10.1016/j.visres.2007.02.016

ISSN

0042-6989