Implications for dynamic visual acuity with changes in aged and sex

Percept Mot Skills. 1994 Apr;78(2):363-9. doi: 10.2466/pms.1994.78.2.363.

Abstract

Using a Landolt ring with a gap of 40' of arc which moved at a decreasing velocity until the gap was discriminated, we measured the dynamic visual acuity of 826 subjects, males and females ages 5 to 92 years, and found rapid development between the ages of 5 and 15 years. This experiment showed that dynamic discrimination peaked at age 15 and then declined at a constant rate from age 20 on. The discrimination of male subjects was superior to that of female subjects at most ages, but a significant sex difference was observed only at age 5. We speculate that males may have better discrimination than females but variability is substantial.

MeSH terms

  • Acceleration
  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Aging / physiology*
  • Attention / physiology
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Discrimination Learning / physiology
  • Eye Movements / physiology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Motion Perception / physiology*
  • Orientation / physiology
  • Psychophysiology
  • Reaction Time / physiology
  • Retina / physiology
  • Sex Factors
  • Visual Acuity / physiology*