Visual Performance Under Conditions of Transient Adaptation

Aug 01, 1963

It has long been known by lighting engineers that a shift in eye movement from a dark to light surface and back again has a strong (and deleterious) effect upon visual acuity. Engineers faced with the task of designing efficient offices, adequate school buildings, and safe and productive industrial plants have traditionally paid a good deal of attention to brightness ratios between task and surrounding environment. The study described here is a step toward the more exact determination of what these ratios should be.

Author: 
Robert M. Boynton
Norma D. Miller
Periodical: 
Journal of IES
Published & professionally reviewed by: 
Illuminating Engineering Society (IES)
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