Affiliation:
1. U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine Natick, MA
Abstract
Response times (RTs) of 9 Ss were obtained for detection of 48 flash stimuli distributed throughout the visual field during 3 ¼-hr. exposures to each of 4 hypoxia conditions (0, 13,000, 15,000, 17,000 feet equivalent elevation). The luminances of all stimuli were set in common at the detection threshold value for the visual periphery. RTs were impaired in direct relation to hypoxic exposure severity, the peak impairments occurring within 90 min. followed by gradual recovery. Since the present results showed less impairment than previous data for brighter stimuli using the same task, it is concluded that stimulus contrast is more critical to peripheral signal detection than absolute stimulus luminance, particularly under hypoxic exposure.
Subject
Sensory Systems,Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
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