Threshold function and suprathreshold performance for nonacuity stimuli are compared for an amblyope who exhibits a low as well as a high spatial frequency threshold abnormality.
The results show that (i) a suprathreshold abnormality involving discrimination and localization of easily visible stimuli occurs in amblyopia and (ii) suprathreshold abnormalities occur in amblyopia independent of any threshold dysfunction.
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