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MOST published researches on visual acuity have assumed an unrestricted time of observation, but recent studies of the relations between intensity discrimination and acuity, and photo-chemical theories thereof, have indicated that the wandering of fixation plays an important part in the performance of the visual system. It appears that a study of visual acuity in relation to exposure time may throw additional light on the subject.
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MARTIN, L., KANIOWSKI, W. Flash Visual Acuity. Nature 159, 25–26 (1947). https://doi.org/10.1038/159025b0
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