Open AccessNear Work–Induced Contrast Adaptation in Emmetropic and Myopic Children
Author(s) -
Anna Chwee Hong Yeo,
David A. Atchison,
Nai S. Lai,
Katrina L. Schmid
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
investigative ophthalmology and visual science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.935
H-Index - 218
eISSN - 1552-5783
pISSN - 0146-0404
DOI - 10.1167/iovs.11-8959
Subject(s) - emmetropia , contrast (vision) , adaptation (eye) , reading (process) , psychology , audiology , refractive error , optometry , mathematics , optics , medicine , physics , visual acuity , political science , law
Contrast adaptation may induce an error signal for emmetropization. This research aims to determine whether reading causes contrast adaptation in children and, if so, to determine whether myopes exhibit greater contrast adaptation than emmetropes.
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