MULTI-FIELD ELECTRONIC APPARATUS FOR STUDIES OF VISUAL PERCEPTION

Abstract

An apparatus is described that precisely controls intensity, duration, and order of firing of gas-discharge lamps. It can be used to illuminate visual stimulus objects for either long or short exposures, and in different viewing modes. Various methods of reducing the onset variability usually encountered with gasdischarge lamps also are described. Although designed primarily for the study of contour formation and visual masking, the apparatus can be used wherever a controlled sequence of separate stimulus presentations is required, as in studies of apparent movement, critical flicker frequencies, and time-dependent series. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1962
Accession Number
AD0283943

Entities

People

  • Paul A. Kolers

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Discharge Lamps
  • Frequency
  • Gas Discharges
  • Intensity
  • Lamps
  • Mental Processes
  • Perception
  • Psychological Phenomena And Processes
  • Sequences
  • Visual Perception

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

  • Brain and Cognitive Science; Experimental Psychology; Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Human-Computer Interaction (HCI).
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics