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Science 13 February 1959:
Vol. 129. no. 3346, pp. 390 - 391
DOI: 10.1126/science.129.3346.390
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Fusion Contour for Intermittent Photic Stimuli of Alternating Duration

CHARLES R. BROWN 1 and D. M. FORSYTH 2

1 Operational Applications Laboratory, Air Force Cambridge Research Center, Bolling Air Force Base, Washington, D.C.
2 Department of Psychology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland

It is generally thought that fusion of intermittent photic stimuli occurs when the duration between successive pulses of light is reduced to a certain value, this value being a function of the illumination and viewing conditions. The findings described in this report show that fusion is determined not only by the duration between successive stimuli but also by the temporal pattern of successive stimuli.


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