- Title Pages
- Preface
- Participants
-
1 The Psychophysics of Sensory Function -
2 Some Aspects of Psychophysical Research -
3 On Psychophysiological Models -
4 Cutaneous Channels of Communication -
5 Selected Developments in Psychophysics, with Implications for Sensory Organization -
6 Two Ears — but One World -
7 Peripheral Coding of Auditory Information -
8 Mechanisms of Gustatory and Olfactory Receptor Stimulation -
9 The Absolute Sensitivity of the Human Sense of Smell -
10 Peripheral Coding in the Nervous System -
11 Inhibitory Interaction and the Detection and Enhancement of Contours -
12 Studies in the Neural Mechanism of Taste -
13 Possible Principles Underlying the Transformations of Sensory Messages -
14 Organization of Cortical Auditory System -
15 Neural Mechanisms of Auditory Discrimination -
16 Neural Growth in the Cerebral Cortex after Lesions Produced by Monoenergetic Deuterons -
17 Autocorrelation, a Principle for the Evaluation of Sensory Information by the Central Nervous System -
18 Adaptation: Loss or Gain of Sensory Information? -
19 Interactive Processes in Visual Perception -
20 The Physiological Basis of Wave-Length Discrimination in the Eye of the Honeybee -
21 History and Present Status of Quantum Theory in Vision -
22 Some Functional Properties of the Somatic Afferent System -
23 The Response of Thalamic and Cortical Neurons to Electrical and Physiological Stimulation of the Cat’s Tongue -
24 Gustatory Discharges in the Rat Medulla and Thalamus -
25 Two Transmission Systems for Skin Sensations -
26 Reticular Mechanisms of Sensory Control -
27 The Transfer of Optic Information through the Lateral Geniculate Body of the Rabbit -
28 The Reception of Bat Cries by the Tympanic Organ of Noctuid Moths -
29 Neural Mechanism of Auditory Sensation in Cats -
30 The Role of Neuronal Networks in Sensory Communications within the Brain -
31 Sensory Projections to the Motor Cortex in Cats: a Microelectrode Study -
32 Neuronal Integration in the Visual Cortex and Its Significance for Visual Information -
33 Neurogenic Factors Influencing the Evoked Potentials of the Cerebral Cortex -
34 The Reactivity of the Nervous System in the Light of the Past History of the Organism -
35 The Problem of Recognition in an Analyzer Made of Neurons -
36 Neural Factors limiting Cutaneous Spatiotemporal Discriminations -
37 Some Temporal Factors in Vision -
38 Two Remarks on the Visual System of the Frog -
39 Comments -
40 Editor’s Comment - Name Index
- Subject Index
Some Temporal Factors in Vision
Some Temporal Factors in Vision
- Chapter:
- (p.738) (p.739) 37 Some Temporal Factors in Vision
- Source:
- Sensory Communication
- Author(s):
Boynton Robert M.
- Publisher:
- The MIT Press
This chapter presents three psychophysical experiments involving temporal relations in vision. The first shows that, even with improved experimental technique, high-intensity short flashes can indeed look brighter than longer flashes of the same intensity, thus indicating that the classical Broca-Sulzer effect is not an artifact. The second experiment was a study of the transitional fraction of a second between dark adaptation and the beginning of light adaptation, using the conditioning-stimulus-test-flash technique. The third experiment concerns the successful measurement of test-flash thresholds in the presence of a 30-cps flickering stimulus. Each of these experiments raises a number of questions regarding the neurophysiological organization, function, and interactions of the visual systems serving the two eyes. A common unifying principle is the idea of temporal quantization of the visual input by the higher visual nervous system.
Keywords: psychophysical experiments, temporal relations, vision, high-intensity short flashes, Broca-Sulzer effect, dark adaptation, light adaptation, visual systems, temporal quantization
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- Title Pages
- Preface
- Participants
-
1 The Psychophysics of Sensory Function -
2 Some Aspects of Psychophysical Research -
3 On Psychophysiological Models -
4 Cutaneous Channels of Communication -
5 Selected Developments in Psychophysics, with Implications for Sensory Organization -
6 Two Ears — but One World -
7 Peripheral Coding of Auditory Information -
8 Mechanisms of Gustatory and Olfactory Receptor Stimulation -
9 The Absolute Sensitivity of the Human Sense of Smell -
10 Peripheral Coding in the Nervous System -
11 Inhibitory Interaction and the Detection and Enhancement of Contours -
12 Studies in the Neural Mechanism of Taste -
13 Possible Principles Underlying the Transformations of Sensory Messages -
14 Organization of Cortical Auditory System -
15 Neural Mechanisms of Auditory Discrimination -
16 Neural Growth in the Cerebral Cortex after Lesions Produced by Monoenergetic Deuterons -
17 Autocorrelation, a Principle for the Evaluation of Sensory Information by the Central Nervous System -
18 Adaptation: Loss or Gain of Sensory Information? -
19 Interactive Processes in Visual Perception -
20 The Physiological Basis of Wave-Length Discrimination in the Eye of the Honeybee -
21 History and Present Status of Quantum Theory in Vision -
22 Some Functional Properties of the Somatic Afferent System -
23 The Response of Thalamic and Cortical Neurons to Electrical and Physiological Stimulation of the Cat’s Tongue -
24 Gustatory Discharges in the Rat Medulla and Thalamus -
25 Two Transmission Systems for Skin Sensations -
26 Reticular Mechanisms of Sensory Control -
27 The Transfer of Optic Information through the Lateral Geniculate Body of the Rabbit -
28 The Reception of Bat Cries by the Tympanic Organ of Noctuid Moths -
29 Neural Mechanism of Auditory Sensation in Cats -
30 The Role of Neuronal Networks in Sensory Communications within the Brain -
31 Sensory Projections to the Motor Cortex in Cats: a Microelectrode Study -
32 Neuronal Integration in the Visual Cortex and Its Significance for Visual Information -
33 Neurogenic Factors Influencing the Evoked Potentials of the Cerebral Cortex -
34 The Reactivity of the Nervous System in the Light of the Past History of the Organism -
35 The Problem of Recognition in an Analyzer Made of Neurons -
36 Neural Factors limiting Cutaneous Spatiotemporal Discriminations -
37 Some Temporal Factors in Vision -
38 Two Remarks on the Visual System of the Frog -
39 Comments -
40 Editor’s Comment - Name Index
- Subject Index
