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THE sensitivity of a subject to discomfort arising from his environment may be dependent in some degree on his familiarity with, or technical knowledge of, the environment. Some evidence to this effect has accumulated from a long series of field-studies of lighting. A subject may be unconscious of glare from a bare lamp over his desk until his attention is directed to it, but thereafter may become aware of glare-discomfort in other environments as well. Other workers have recorded similar effects1.
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HOPKINSON, R. Influence of Experience on the Sensitivity to Discomfort. Nature 169, 40 (1952). https://doi.org/10.1038/169040a0
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