Visual effects of the luminance surrounding a computer display

Ergonomics

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1114-1128

  Sheedy, James E ^a   Smith, Rob ^a   Hayes, John ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brightness; Computer display; Glare; Lighting; Luminance; Visual acuity

Indexed keywords

DISPLAY DEVICES; GLARE; LIGHTING; SUBJECTIVE TESTING; VISIBILITY; VISION;

BRIGHTNESS; COMPUTER DISPLAY; LUMINANCE; VISUAL ACUITY;

HUMAN ENGINEERING;

ADJUSTMENT; ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISPLAY SYSTEM; EYE FIXATION; FEMALE; GLARE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUMINANCE; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; READING; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL ADAPTATION; VISUAL FIELD;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMPUTER TERMINALS; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGHTING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS; VISION TESTS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 27744482301     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130500208414     Document Type: Article

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