EFFECT OF DIFFERENTIAL BINOCULAR ADAPTATION ON SCOTOPIC ACUITY

Abstract

Monocular scotopic acuity thresholds were determined for three observers when both eyes were dark adapted and also when only the observing eye was dark adapted while the nonobserving eye was exposed to a brightness of 100 ft-L between the target presentations. Although the observers reported that the targets looked quite different under the two conditions, acuity remained substantially the same under both conditions, and it was concluded that light adapting one eye does not affect the scotopic acuity of the other eye.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 23, 1959
Accession Number
AD0639122

Entities

People

  • Ira B Schwartz
  • S. M. Luria

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Binoculars
  • Biomedical Research
  • Brightness
  • Connecticut
  • Frequency
  • Fungi
  • Illumination
  • Judgment
  • Measurement
  • New York
  • Observers
  • Optics
  • Reaction Time
  • Sensitivity
  • Standards
  • Visual Acuity

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

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  • Human-Computer Interaction (HCI).
  • Mathematics or Statistics
  • Systems Analysis and Design