Visual Adaptation to Gradual Change of Intensity

10 February 1967

journal article
research article
Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science

Vol. 155 (3763) , 710-712
https://doi.org/10.1126/science.155.3763.710

Abstract

The eye can adapt to the rate of change of brightness. After exposure of the eye to a light that grows gradually brighter, a steady light appears to grow gradually dimmer, and vice versa. A field containing shading gives larger aftereffects than a spatially uniform field.