The role of retinal adaptation in night driving

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 82, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 682-688

  Plainis, Sotiris ^a   Murray, Ian J ^b   Charman, William N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cones; Dark adaptation; Mesopic; Night driving; Rods

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; CONES; STREET LIGHTING; URBAN PLANNING; VISUALIZATION;

DARK ADAPTATION; MESOSCOPIC; NIGHT DRIVING; RODS;

VISION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DARK ADAPTATION; DRIVING ABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ILLUMINATION; NIGHT VISION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA CONE; RETINA ROD; URBAN AREA; VISION;

ADULT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CONES (RETINA); DARK ADAPTATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; LIGHTING; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RETINA; RODS (RETINA); SENSORY THRESHOLDS; TIME FACTORS; VISION;

EID: 24144490359     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.opx.0000175559.77853.45     Document Type: Article

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