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Subjects wore a long-wavelength passband filter over one eye for 1 week. As a consequence, for that eye only, sensitivity to long-wavelength stimuli declined, unique yellow shifted to longer wavelengths, and scotopic stimuli acquired a strikingly bluish appearance. These results make it very likely that long-term exposure to a long-wavelength world can induce relatively prolonged (at least hours) postreceptoral adaptation.
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This research was supported in part by a National Institutes of Health Training Grant EY07046 and Research Grant EY03674 to Jay M. Enoch.
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Eisner, A., Enoch, J.M. Some effects of 1 week’s monocular exposure to long-wavelength stimuli. Perception & Psychophysics 31, 169–174 (1982). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03206217
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