Contrast sensitivity function of sine-wave gratings in children with acute malnutrition
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Resumo: | The aim of this study was to determine the contrast sensitivity curves of sine-wave gratings with spatial frequencies of 0.25, 1.0, 2.0 and 8.0 cycles per degree (cpd) of visual angle in 16 female subjects aged 7 to 9 years old, eight well-nourished and eight with acute protein-energy malnutrition (PEM). All participants had normal visual acuity and were free of identifiable ocular illness. Contrast threshold was measured using a temporal two-alternative forced-choice psychophysical method, at a distance of 150 cm of the stimuli, binocularly, with mean luminance of 40.1 cd/m2. We detected a general decline in contrast sensitivity for children with acute malnutrition at all spatial frequencies compared to well-nourished children. The malnourished group needed in average 1.37 times more contrast to detect the stimulus in comparison with the well-nourished one. Differences between the groups were statistically significant at all spatial frequencies (p < .001). These results suggest that acute PEM changes the visual perception for sine-wave gratings. |
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Contrast sensitivity function of sine-wave gratings in children with acute malnutritionvisual perceptioncontrast sensitivityspatial frequencymalnourished childrenpsychophysical methodThe aim of this study was to determine the contrast sensitivity curves of sine-wave gratings with spatial frequencies of 0.25, 1.0, 2.0 and 8.0 cycles per degree (cpd) of visual angle in 16 female subjects aged 7 to 9 years old, eight well-nourished and eight with acute protein-energy malnutrition (PEM). All participants had normal visual acuity and were free of identifiable ocular illness. Contrast threshold was measured using a temporal two-alternative forced-choice psychophysical method, at a distance of 150 cm of the stimuli, binocularly, with mean luminance of 40.1 cd/m2. We detected a general decline in contrast sensitivity for children with acute malnutrition at all spatial frequencies compared to well-nourished children. The malnourished group needed in average 1.37 times more contrast to detect the stimulus in comparison with the well-nourished one. Differences between the groups were statistically significant at all spatial frequencies (p < .001). These results suggest that acute PEM changes the visual perception for sine-wave gratings.Pontificia Universidade Católica do Rio de JaneiroUniversidade de BrasíliaUniversidade de São Paulo2009-06-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontext/htmlhttp://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1983-32882009000100003Psychology & Neuroscience v.2 n.1 2009reponame:Psychology & Neuroscience (Online)instname:Instituto Brasileiro de Neuropsicologia e Comportamento (IBNeC)instacron:PUCRJ10.3922/j.psns.2009.1.03info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSantos,Natanael Antonio dosAlencar,Caroline Costa GomesDias,Yuri Henrique Nuneseng2011-01-17T00:00:00Zoai:scielo:S1983-32882009000100003Revistahttps://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/pnePRIhttps://old.scielo.br/oai/scielo-oai.phppsycneuro@psycneuro.org1983-32881984-3054opendoar:2011-01-17T00:00Psychology & Neuroscience (Online) - Instituto Brasileiro de Neuropsicologia e Comportamento (IBNeC)false |
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Contrast sensitivity function of sine-wave gratings in children with acute malnutrition |
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Contrast sensitivity function of sine-wave gratings in children with acute malnutrition |
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Contrast sensitivity function of sine-wave gratings in children with acute malnutrition Santos,Natanael Antonio dos visual perception contrast sensitivity spatial frequency malnourished children psychophysical method |
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Contrast sensitivity function of sine-wave gratings in children with acute malnutrition |
title_full |
Contrast sensitivity function of sine-wave gratings in children with acute malnutrition |
title_fullStr |
Contrast sensitivity function of sine-wave gratings in children with acute malnutrition |
title_full_unstemmed |
Contrast sensitivity function of sine-wave gratings in children with acute malnutrition |
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Contrast sensitivity function of sine-wave gratings in children with acute malnutrition |
author |
Santos,Natanael Antonio dos |
author_facet |
Santos,Natanael Antonio dos Alencar,Caroline Costa Gomes Dias,Yuri Henrique Nunes |
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Alencar,Caroline Costa Gomes Dias,Yuri Henrique Nunes |
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Santos,Natanael Antonio dos Alencar,Caroline Costa Gomes Dias,Yuri Henrique Nunes |
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visual perception contrast sensitivity spatial frequency malnourished children psychophysical method |
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visual perception contrast sensitivity spatial frequency malnourished children psychophysical method |
description |
The aim of this study was to determine the contrast sensitivity curves of sine-wave gratings with spatial frequencies of 0.25, 1.0, 2.0 and 8.0 cycles per degree (cpd) of visual angle in 16 female subjects aged 7 to 9 years old, eight well-nourished and eight with acute protein-energy malnutrition (PEM). All participants had normal visual acuity and were free of identifiable ocular illness. Contrast threshold was measured using a temporal two-alternative forced-choice psychophysical method, at a distance of 150 cm of the stimuli, binocularly, with mean luminance of 40.1 cd/m2. We detected a general decline in contrast sensitivity for children with acute malnutrition at all spatial frequencies compared to well-nourished children. The malnourished group needed in average 1.37 times more contrast to detect the stimulus in comparison with the well-nourished one. Differences between the groups were statistically significant at all spatial frequencies (p < .001). These results suggest that acute PEM changes the visual perception for sine-wave gratings. |
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Pontificia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro Universidade de Brasília Universidade de São Paulo |
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Pontificia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro Universidade de Brasília Universidade de São Paulo |
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