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  • 1Department of Psychology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4, Canada. scialfa@ucalgary.ca

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Visual crowding, the difficulty seeing fine detail near other objects, worsens with age. While older adults show a greater crowding effect, this difference disappears when acuity is measured as a ratio, suggesting age-related vision changes are not due to illumination.

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Area of Science:

  • Vision science
  • Human factors

Background:

  • Visual crowding impairs fine detail perception, especially in peripheral vision.
  • This effect may be more pronounced in older adults, motivating further research.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate age-related differences in visual crowding.
  • To determine if reduced illumination contributes to age differences in crowding.

Main Methods:

  • Younger and older adults identified Landolt C gap orientation at 3° and 6° eccentricity.
  • Stimuli were presented alone or flanked by bars to induce crowding.

Main Results:

  • Both age groups showed crowding, increasing with eccentricity.
  • Older adults exhibited a significantly larger crowding effect, particularly at 6°.
  • Age differences in crowding diminished when acuity was expressed as a ratio of crowded to uncrowded performance.

Conclusions:

  • Age-related differences in visual crowding are significant but may be normalized when considering relative performance.
  • Findings suggest age-related vision decline is not solely due to reduced retinal illumination.