Flashblindness Recovery Following Exposure to Constant Energy Adaptive Flashes

Abstract

Times required to detect a simple display were measured following exposures to adapting flashes of different durations but equal integrated luminances. The results indicate no consistent variation in response times as a function of flash duration when the total integrated luminance of the flash is constant. The variations which do occur are interpreted as indicating that a strict reciprocity relationship does not apply at very short adapting flash durations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 30, 1971
Accession Number
AD0747631

Entities

People

  • Gloria T. Chisum

Organizations

  • Naval Air Warfare Center Warminster

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Analysis Of Variance
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Diagrams
  • Flash Lamps
  • Horizontal Orientation
  • Intensity
  • Lamps
  • Luminance
  • Materials
  • Microsecond Time
  • Observers
  • Orientation (Direction)
  • Schematic Diagrams
  • Target Detection
  • Threshold Effects
  • Vertical Orientation

Readers

  • Vision Science/Vision Psychology/Cognitive Neuroscience.