Adaptation to a rotated visual field as a function of degree of optical tilt and exposure time.

Abstract

3 groups of Ss [subjects] were exposed to optically rotated visual fields of 10, 20, and 32[degree], respectively, for a total adaptation time of 4 hr. The magnitude of adaptation was a linear function of optical tilt and a negatively accelerated function of time. The highest rate of adaptation per unit of time occurred within the 1st hour. Alternative theoretical accounts of the time rate of adaption were discussed.