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A circuit is described that permits modulation of the luminance of glow-modulator tubes with high accuracy and with no change in spectral distribution. Characteristics of a typical glow modulator are discussed in terms of its applications in visual research. Serious discrepancies were found between new measurements of spectral energy distributions and values that appear in the literature.
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Cavonius, C.R., Bauer, D. Stable linear modulation of glow-modulator tubes. Behavior Research Methods & Instrumentation 14, 13–15 (1982). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03202107
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03202107