The Relationship between Critical Flicker Frequency and Speed of Association
Abstract
Critical flicker frequency, hereafter referred to as CFF, depends on specifications of physical stimuli, the physiological condition of the organism on which the stimulus impinges and the subjective or psychological status of the organism (Landis, 1954). Hecht, (1933) tried to explain CFF in terms of his "stationary state hypothesis" which accounted for CFF in terms of the photochemistry of the eye. He believed that photoreceptor processes were the main determinants of the quantitative features of the neural events that occurred further along in the visual pathways. Crozier and Wolf (1944) rejected Hecht's hypothesis and advanced an intensity discrimination theory of flicker based on "statistical mechanics." The theory postulated that CFF was determined by the total neural effect, i.e., by the integration of the activity of all retinal, connecting, and cortical neural units acting under given circumstances at a given time.
Subject Area
Psychology|Cognitive psychology
Recommended Citation
Eidle, William R, "The Relationship between Critical Flicker Frequency and Speed of Association" (1961). ETD Collection for Fordham University. AAI28289047.
https://research.library.fordham.edu/dissertations/AAI28289047
