| Description |
xi, 229 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm + + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.) |
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4 3/4 in |
| Contents |
Vision and reading / Gordon E. Legge -- Measuring reading speed / Gordon E. Legge -- Visual mechanisms in reading / Gordon E. Legge -- Displaying text / Gordon E. Legge -- The MNREAD acuity chart / J. Stephen Mansfield and Gordon E. Legge |
| Summary |
"In Psychophysics of Reading in Normal and Low Vision, author Gordon E. Legge, a leader in the field of low-vision research, discusses the role of vision in reading, focusing on the reading performance of people with normal, healthy vision and people with impaired vision. Legge describes the influence of physical properties of text on reading performance and the implications for information processing in the visual pathways."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader |
| Subject |
Low vision.
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Psychophysics.
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Reading.
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Vision disorders.
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Reading.
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Vision, Low -- complications.
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Differential Threshold.
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Visual Acuity.
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| LC no. |
2006006686 |
| ISBN |
0805843280 |
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