On the Quanta Explanation of Vision

Front Matter....Pages 1-10
Introduction....Pages 11-14
The Two-Quanta Explanation....Pages 15-28
The Deviations from the Two-Quanta Explanation for Threshold-Values when Both the Flash-Time and the Visual Angle of the Light-Spot are Large....Pages 29-37
The Two-Quanta Hypothesis as a General Explanation for the Behaviour of Threshold-Values for the Several Receptors of the Human Eye....Pages 38-53
Some Properties of the Nervous System of the Visual Sense....Pages 54-61
The Sensitivity Dependence on Wave-Length for Foveal and Peripheral Vision and the Fundamental Response Curves....Pages 62-73
The Quanta Explanation and the Brightness-Impression for Various Times of Observation and Visual Angles....Pages 74-84
Visual Acuity....Pages 85-89
Aspects of Vision....Pages 90-93
Summary....Pages 94-96
Zusammenfassung....Pages 97-100
Back Matter....Pages 101-104