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The Journal of General Physiology, Vol 34, 463-474, Copyright © 1951 by The Rockefeller University Press

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FREQUENCY OF SEEING FUNCTIONS FOR INTENSITY DISCRIMINATION AT VARIOUS LEVELS OF ADAPTING INTENSITY

Conrad G. Mueller 1

1 From the Department of Psychology, Columbia University, New York

1. The percentage of times a human subject detects an increment (DeltaI) in intensity was determined as a function of the magnitude of the increment and the magnitude of the stimulus (I) to which the increment is added.

2. Foveal stimulation was used, and five frequency of seeing curves were obtained at each of nine values of adapting intensity covering the range from –1.45 to 4.45 log photons. Each frequency of seeing curve shows the percentage of times an increment in intensity is detected as a function of the logarithm of the increment.

3. The slope of the frequency of seeing curve increases slightly with an increase in I and finally becomes independent of I at medium to high intensities.

4. The implications of the results for quantum theories of visual excitation are considered.

Submitted on February 1, 1950


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