Border distinctness in amblyopia
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The Measurement and Treatment of Suppression in Amblyopia
Published on: December 14, 2012
Robert F Hess1, Jonathan S Pointer, Anita Simmers
1Department of Ophthalmology, McGill Vision Research Unit, McGill University, Que., Montreal, Canada. robert.hess@mcgill.ca
Vision Research
|July 30, 2003
Abstract:
On the basis of the contrast sensitivity loss in amblyopia which mainly affects higher spatial frequencies, one would expect amblyopes to perceive sharp edges as blurred. We show that they perceive sharp edges as sharp and have veridical edge blur perception. Contrary to the currently accepted view, this suggests that the amblyopic visual system is not characterized by a blurred visual representation.
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