The Effect of Method on the Variations in the Rayleigh Equation with the Schmidt - Haensch Anomaloscope
Abstract
I. INTRODUCTIONVision is a field of intense interest which has received much attention from psychologists and physiologists because of its contribution to behavior and experience. It has long been known that the retina of the eye contains two types of receptor cells for vision, the rods and the cones. The rods function in dim Illumination and are located in the peripheral part of the retina, while the cones function in bright illumination and are found chiefly in the fovea (1, 15, 20, 31). The spectral sensitivity of these receptors is shown in the scotopic (rods) and photopic (cones) luminosity curves. The two receptor mechanisms of the retina led to the establishment of the duplicity theory by von Kries (1, 15, 20, 31)1) in the year 1895. It is also known that the cones operate to ensure color or chromatic vision and the rods pertain to the function of achromatic vision, that is, the sensation of black and white (51).
Subject Area
Ophthalmology
Recommended Citation
McGonigle, Kathleen M, "The Effect of Method on the Variations in the Rayleigh Equation with the Schmidt - Haensch Anomaloscope" (1958). ETD Collection for Fordham University. AAI28673380.
https://research.library.fordham.edu/dissertations/AAI28673380
