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contrast sensitivity

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contrast sensitivity [′kän‚trast sen·sə′tiv·əd·ē]
contrast sensitivity
The ability to detect the presence of differences in luminance; the reciprocal of the contrast threshold.


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Contrast sensitivity, however, improved in both the 6-mg and especially the 12-mg lutein group, and many of these measurements were significant.
5), as well as individuals with a distance visual acuity of more than 20/40 but who had near visual acuity at least two logarithm steps lower or whose contrast sensitivity was impaired, were advised to set up an appointment with an ophthalmologist.
Normally, improving contrast sensitivity means getting glasses or eye surgery-somehow changing the optics of the eye," Nature quoted Bavelier as saying.
 
 
 
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