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A method was developed for using flicker photometry in determining photopic spectral sensitivity in the pigeon. The overall spectral curves for two animals were found to be in substantial agreement with previously published data, but the errors of measurement were reduced fourfold.
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This research was supported by Grant NB MH 07222 from the National Institutes of Health, USPHS.
The assumption about how pigeons actually "perceive" the lights is not necessary. It is simply easier to talk about "steady" and "flickering" lights than it is to talk about high and low alternation rates.
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Graf, V.A. A spectral luminosity function in the pigeon determined by flicker photometry. Psychon. Sci. 17, 282–283 (1969). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03336529
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