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Statistical Detection Theory of Piper's Law

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FOR both incremental and absolute visual thresholds the relationship between the threshold (ΔI) and the area of a stimulus (A) can be fitted fairly adequately to the equation : for conditions when1–3 : (a) the duration of the test flash is short ; (b) the test flash falls on a relatively uniform region of the retina ; (c) A is not too small and not too large.

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HOWARTH, C., LOWE, G. Statistical Detection Theory of Piper's Law. Nature 212, 324–326 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/212324a0

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