GLARE SENSITIVITY IN RELATION TO AGE
A NUMBER OF STUDIES RELATING SENSITIVITY TO GLARE WITH AGE WERE MADE. IT WAS FOUND THAT AS AGE INCREASES THE ABILITY TO COPE WITH GLARE IS LESSENED. THE SHIFT, HOWEVER, SHOWS A MARKED CHANGE IN SENSITIVITY ABOVE THE AGE OF 40. THESE FINDINGS SUPPORT THE ASSUMPTION THAT IN THE NORMAL PROCESS OF AGING, THE PACE OF CHANGE IS ACCELERATED ABOVE AGE 40. MOREOVER, THESE STUDIES PRODUCED A QUANTITATIVE MEASURE OF GLARE SENSITIVITY, AND AN INSTRUMENT WAS DEVELOPED PROVIDING A FLARE SOURCE OF 2-DEGREE ANGULAR SUBTENSE AT THE CENTER OF A CIRCULAR TEST FIELD TO STUDY THE EFFECTS OF SCOTOMATIC GLARE.
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Supplemental Notes:
- No 298, pp 18-23, 3 FIG, 14 REF. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
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Authors:
- Wolf, E
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Conference:
- 40th Annual Meeting of the Highway Research Board
- Location: Washington DC, United States
- Date: 1961-1-9 to 1961-1-13
- Publication Date: 1961
Media Info
- Media Type: Digital/other
- Pagination: 6p
- Monograph Title: Night visibility 1961
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Serial:
- Highway Research Board Bulletin
- Issue Number: 298
- Publisher: Highway Research Board
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Age; Glare; Instrumentation; Measurement; Sensitivity
- Old TRIS Terms: Scotomatic glare
- Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00222835
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS, TRB
- Created Date: Aug 12 1994 12:00AM