The Effect of Blinking on Subsequent Dark Adaptation.
Abstract
Night vision is extremely important for all operational forces, no less so for the submarine force. Periscope operators must be able to see at night, and great care is taken to ensure that they will be dark adapted when necessary. The crew in the control center routinely begins to dark adapt well in advance of nightfall. It is, thus, impossible to imagine that a submariner will not be dark adaptated when necessary. Nevertheless, if the dark adaptation process could be speeded up, it would add to the efficiency of submarine operations. For this reason, a claim by Stryker (1990) that an individual will achieve dark adaptation very quickly if he blinks his eyes rapidly and forcefully for 15 to 30 seconds has aroused some interest. The claim was that this technique works for adults half of those individuals who have tried it.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 14, 1991
- Accession Number
- ADA240281
Entities
People
- S. M. Luria
Organizations
- Naval Submarine Medical Research Laboratory