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9624428

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-6-22
pubmed:abstractText
In order to investigate the processes which integrate local orientation information in observers with strabismic amblyopia, we measured contrast thresholds for discriminating the global orientation of a pattern (3 "bars") comprised of Gabor patches. We found that in both eyes of amblyopic observers, as has been reported for normal observers [Saarinen, Levi & Shen (1997) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, 94, 8267-8271], there is an approximately two-fold enhancement of contrast sensitivity when the global and local orientations are aligned (relative to mixed orientations), and a smaller enhancement when the global and local orientations are orthogonal. This orientation dependent enhancement occurs despite substantial losses of contrast sensitivity. These results suggest that the integration processes in the amblyopic eye that operate to enhance detection are essentially intact.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0042-6989
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
38
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
775-81
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
Integration of local orientation in strabismic amblyopia.
pubmed:affiliation
College of Optometry, University of Houston, TX 77204-6052, USA. dlevi@uh.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.