The Glare Effect Test and the Impact of Age on Luminosity Thresholds.
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SUBMITTER: Facchin A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5492864 | biostudies-literature | 2017
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The Glare Effect Test and the Impact of Age on Luminosity Thresholds.
Facchin Alessio A Daini Roberta R Zavagno Daniele D
Frontiers in psychology 20170630
The glare effect (GE) is an illusion in which a white region appears self-luminous when surrounded by linearly decreasing luminance ramps. It has been shown that the magnitude of the luminosity effect can be modulated by manipulating the luminance range of the gradients. In the present study we tested the thresholds for the GE on two groups of adults: young (20-30 years old) and elderly (60-75 years old). Purpose of our perspective study was to test the possibility of transforming the GE into a ...[more]
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