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NIGHT VISION AS CHROMATIC VISION
Author(s) -
Stabell Bjorn,
Stabell Ulf
Publication year - 1967
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.743
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1467-9450
pISSN - 0036-5564
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9450.1967.tb01387.x
Subject(s) - achromatic lens , chromatic scale , psychology , color vision , adaptation (eye) , night vision , computer vision , function (biology) , colour vision , chromatic adaptation , optometry , artificial intelligence , optics , cognitive psychology , physics , computer science , neuroscience , medicine , evolutionary biology , biology
Assuming that night vision is an exclusive function of the rods, and that it is colorless, the duplicity theory states that rod vision is achromatic vision. Studies relevant to color in night vision are reviewed. It is concluded that color may be observed well below the breakpoint of the dark adaptation curve, and that the duplicity theory therefore needs revision.