title: Binocular summation in visually evoked responses and visual acuity.
abstract: Monocular and binocular transient visually evoked responses (VER) were recorded on 50 adult subjects using a pattern reversal stimulus (check size 5.5 min arc). The peak-to-trough amplitude of the VER wave was measured and compared with the subjective visual acuity (Landolt C). The binocular amplitude enhancement over the monocular amplitude was around 26% across the acuity range studied, whereas the mean binocular subjective visual acuity improvement was around 11.3%, but this varied from 1% at the high acuity end to 17% at the low acuity end of the range.
authors.affiliation: Department of Optometry, Bradford University, West Yorkshire, UK.
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Heravian
authors.forename: T C
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Jenkins
authors.forename: W A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Douthwaite
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005074:Evoked Potentials, Visual / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual / Q000502:physiology; D015348:Vision, Binocular / Q000502:physiology*; D015349:Vision, Monocular / Q000502:physiology; D014792:Visual Acuity / Q000502:physiology*