Age-related functional field losses are not eccentricity dependent

نویسندگان

  • William Seiple
  • Janet P. Szlyk
  • Sherry Yang
  • Karen Holopigian
چکیده

Previous studies have found an increase in peripheral target localization errors in normally sighted older adults. These results have been interpreted as indicative of a constriction of the "useful field of view". In the present study, we parametrically manipulated masking, distractors and stimulus luminance and examined the relationships between peripheral target localization and age. We found that backward masking and/or flashed distractors increased error rates. This decrement in performance was larger for more peripherally located targets and largest for the older subjects at all stimulus locations. Stimulus luminance (either 2 or 78 cd/m2) had no effect on peripheral localization performance at any age. We also demonstrated that all subjects, regardless of age, had higher localization error rates to more peripherally located targets. In older subjects, error rates increased equally at all eccentricities; that is, there was an eccentricity independent increase in the number of target localization errors as a function of age. This finding does not support the interpretation of a selective constriction of the functional visual field in older subjects.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Vision Research

دوره 36  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1996