LIGHT SENSITIVITY AS RELATED TO AGE AND SEX

IN ORDER TO PROVIDE NORMATIVE DATA ON LIGHT SENSITIVITY AS A FUNCTION OF AGE AND SEX, SOME 17,500 SS, AGES 16 TO 92, WERE TESTED FOR BOTH FORM RECOGNITION ABILITY AND GLARE RECOVERY TIME UNDER SCOTOPIC LEVELS OF ILLUMINATION. THE RESULTS SHOW: (1) A PROGRESSIVE DETERIORATION OF PERFORMANCE ON BOTH TESTS WITH INCREASING AGE, (2) A VERY LOW CORRELTION BETWEEN FORM RECOGNITION ABILITY AND GLARE RECOVERY TIME, AND (3) NO CONSISTENT DIFFERENCE IN PERFORMANCE BETWEEN MALES AND FEMALES. POSSIBLE EXPLANATIONS FOR THESE FINDINGS ARE PRESENTED. /SRIS/

• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/00315125
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 24, pp 1279-1288, 7 FIG, 2 TAB, 10 PHOT, 10 REF
• Corporate Authors:

  Ammons (CH) and Ammons (RR)

  P.O. Box 1441
  Missoula, MT  United States  59801
• Authors:
  • BURG, A
• Publication Date: 1967

Media Info

• Serial:
  • Perceptual and Motor Skills
  • Publisher: Ammons Scientific
  • ISSN: 0031-5125
  • EISSN: 1558-688X
  • Serial URL: http://www.amsciepub.com/loi/pms

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Age; Gender; Glare; Light; Perception; Sensitivity; Testing; Time
• Uncontrolled Terms: Recovery; Relationships
• Old TRIS Terms: Forms; Recognition
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00223173
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Nat Safety Council Safety Res Info Serv
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 1 1970 12:00AM