Macular degeneration affects eye movement behaviour during visual search

Patients with a scotoma in their central vision (e.g. due to macular degeneration, MD) commonly adopt a strategy to direct the eyes such that the image falls onto a peripheral location on the retina. This location is referred to as the preferred retinal locus (PRL). Although previous research has in...

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Main Authors: Stefan eVan Der Stigchel, Richard A.I. eBethlehem, Barrie P. eKlein, Tos T.J.M. eBerendschot, Tanja eNijboer, Serge O Dumoulin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00579/full