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Visual Perception in Elderly Persons with Dementia

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To investigate visual perception, eye fixation behavior was examined in this study. Eye fixation behavior in the normal adult has been widely studied since early in this century. Recent improvements in recording apparatuses have made it possible to develop further research (Mackworth and Otto, 1970).

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  1. Department of Environmental Systems, Wakayama University, Wakayama 640, Japan

    Kei Adachi

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  1. Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

    Seymour Wapner

  2. Suffolk University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Jack Demick

  3. The Japanese Institute of Health Psychology, Tokyo, Japan

    Takiji Yamamoto

  4. University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

    Takashi Takahashi

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Adachi, K. (1997). Visual Perception in Elderly Persons with Dementia. In: Wapner, S., Demick, J., Yamamoto, T., Takahashi, T. (eds) Handbook of Japan-United States Environment-Behavior Research. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0286-3_2

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