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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-4-18
pubmed:abstractText
Flashblindness was measured in rhesus monkeys performing a visual detection task. Stimulus field subtense was 3.5 degrees, and mean luminance was 10 cd.m-2. Single-pulse laser exposures (doubled Nd:glass, 530-nm wavelength, 20-ns pulsewidth) were presented in Maxwellian-view and formed a 12.5 degrees diameter spot centered on the fovea. The independent variables were: test grating contrast (10% and maximum contrast); test grating spatial frequency (1, 4, 12 c.deg-1); and averaged laser exposure energy (1-94% retinal maximum permissible exposure). The dependent variable was flashblindness, operationally defined as the time between a laser exposure and the first response in a pair of consecutive correct responses (referred to as "time to criterion"). Time to criterion decreased as the contrast of the grating increased. The longest times to criterion were at a spatial frequency of 12 c.deg-1, next longest at 1 c.deg-1, and shortest at 4 c.deg-1. Both the mean and S.E.M. of times to criterion increased with the laser exposure energy.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0095-6562
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
60
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
34-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
Behavioral measurement of laser flashblindness in rhesus monkeys.
pubmed:affiliation
Technology Services Division, KRUG International, San Antonio, TX 78279-0644.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.