Induction of an anomalous blue-green wavelength discrimination by reduced viewing time

Wavelength discrimination was studied on three colour-normal human observers for open viewing and for reduced time viewing. All three observers show a loss of blue-green wavelength discrimination when viewing time is reduced to 3.75 msec. This loss is shown to be an effect of viewing time alone and not of reduced retinal illuminance. The results confirm those reported by Foster, Scase and Taylor¹ although the target size and methodology are different.