Visual Evoked Potentials as a Function of Flash Luminance and Duration

Authors

J D Wicke, University of California, Los Angeles
Emanuel Donchin, University of California, Los AngelesFollow
Donald B. Lindsley, University of California, Los Angeles

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

10-1964

Keywords

Biomedical Research, Electroencephalography, Evoked Potentials, Evoked Potentials, Visual, Humans, Light, Physiology, Retina, Vision, Ocular

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

https://doi.org/10.1126/science.146.3640.83

Abstract

Computer-averaged evoked potentials were recorded to visual stimuli of constant duration and varying luminance, as well as to flashes whose luminance and duration varied reciprocally. With constant duration, the latency, amplitude, and waveform of the evoked response varied as a function of luminance. The effects of decreasing the luminance on amplitude and waveform of the responses can be balanced by increasing the duration of the flash. This reciprocity between luminance and duration suggests a relationship between apparent brightness and evoked potentials.

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Citation / Publisher Attribution

Science, v. 146, issue 3640, p. 83-85

Scholar Commons Citation

Wicke, J D; Donchin, Emanuel; and Lindsley, Donald B., "Visual Evoked Potentials as a Function of Flash Luminance and Duration" (1964). Psychology Faculty Publications. 171.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/psy_facpub/171