I report the results of a study that investigated the combined effects of gender and age on luminous efficiency as measured by heterochromatic flicker photometry. Luminous Efficiency functions were derived for 13 male and 14 female color normal subjects between the ages of 8 and 72 years. Three age groups were used for recruitment and analysis:…[Read more]

The purpose of this work is to report the results of an experiment that examined gender differences in response to a chromatic saturation-like task. We measured contrast thresholds of 37 subjects (19 women, 18 men) to circular patches of uniform color—blue, green, yellow, and red—that alternated temporally with colored patches containing var…[Read more]

Photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) has been shown to be an effective surgical treatment for ametropic conditions. However, PRK is associated with potential side effects which include glare, halos, dry eye, haze, and corneal infection. This report focused on the continued management and documentation of an unusual presentation of infectious…[Read more]

We present a limited review of the literature on gender differences in visual processing. We then add evidence to that body of literature, reporting the results of an examination of gender differences in response to stimulus conditions favoring magnocellular (MC) and parvocellualr (PC) processing. We measured contrast thresholds and mean reaction…[Read more]