Recovery of visual discrimination after high intensity flashes of light
By: Sanford L. Severin
Contributors: USAF School of Aerospace Medicine
Publisher: USAF School of Aerospace Medicine
Published: 1961
Place of publication: Brooks AFB, Texas
Language: eng
Number of pages: 11
Subjects: Radiation burns; Sensory stimulation; Stimulus intensity; Low vision; Visual discrimination; Radiation Injuries; Vision Disorders
Description: A new technique for the study of flash blindness is described, utilizing the Meyer-Schwickerath Zeiss light coagulator as a source of high intensity light flashes. Four subjects were exposed to illuminations ranging from 645 lux to 56,180 lux as measured at the corneal plane. Recovery was measured as the period of time required after dazzle to regain sufficient visual discrimination to perceive testing luminances of 0.06 ft/L and 0.013 ft/L. The experimental results are discussed, and the potential of this apparatus in studying the phenomenon of flash blindness is emphasized.
Notes: Report no. 62-16.

"December 1961."

Includes bibliographical references.