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. 1965 Jan;176(2):294–310. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.1965.sp007551

Luminance discrimination of brief flashes under various conditions of adaptation

T N Cornsweet, H M Pinsker
PMCID: PMC1357195  PMID: 14286356

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