Dynamic visual acuity and contrast sensitivity for static and flickered gratings in a college sample.

For a sample of college observers, visual performance was assessed with three types of measures: (1) contrast sensitivity for a range of spatial frequency gratings with 4-Hz flicker, (2) contrast sensitivity for a range of stationary wallchart gratings, and (3) dynamic visual acuity (DVA) for a range of target velocities. Within each of these three performance measures, mean results were generally consistent with previous reports. However, across-test comparisons revealed little commonality of processes between either of the contrast sensitivity scores and the dynamic acuity scores. These findings are discussed in terms of the separate contributions to overall visual performance made by the increasingly popular contrast sensitivity function (CSF) and DVA.