THE EFFECTS OF PAREDRINE ON NIGHT VISION TEST PERFORMANCE

Abstract

The data of the experiment indicate that the use of paredrine is associated with a definite improvement in performance, of the order of magnitude equivalent to that produced by a .2 LU increase in brightness. This may be compared with the .07 LU magnitude of effect indicated in the data of the earlier experiment on paredrine, all subjects in which were highly sophisticated. The experiment does not indicate whether or not the use of paredrine may be associated with deleterious after-effects, or whether its utility is limited by the occurrence of refractive errors, which were absent in the present group.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 25, 1944
Accession Number
AD0638160

Entities

People

  • W. S. Verplanck

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acids
  • Biomedical Research
  • Boric Acids
  • Brightness
  • Eye Diseases
  • Frequency
  • Laboratory Tests
  • Night Vision
  • Reliability
  • Rhode Island
  • Standards
  • Submarine Bases
  • Test And Evaluation

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

  • Brain and Cognitive Science; Experimental Psychology; Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Snow Cover Descriptors for Reptiles and Their Illustrations.
  • Vision Science/Vision Psychology/Cognitive Neuroscience.