Purkinje phenomenon
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Purkinje phenomenon — n a shift of the region of apparent maximal spectral luminosity from yellow with the light adapted eye toward violet with the dark adapted eye that is presumably associated with predominance of cone vision in bright and rod vision in dim… … Medical dictionary
purkinje phenomenon — noun or purkinje shift also purkinje effect Usage: usually capitalized 1st P : a shift of the region of apparent maximal spectral luminosity from yellow with the light adapted eye toward violet with the dark adapted eye that is presumably… … Useful english dictionary
Purkinje effect — n PURKINJE PHENOMENON * * * see under phenomenon … Medical dictionary
Purkinje's colour — Also known as Purkinje phenomenon, Purkinje hallucination, flicker induced hallucination, and photically induced hallucination. The eponyms Purkinje s colour, Purkinje hallucination, and Purkinje phenomenon refer to the Bohemian physiologist… … Dictionary of Hallucinations
Purkinje figure — Also known as Purkyne figure. Both eponyms refer to the Bohemian physiologist Johannes Evangelista Purkyne (1787 1869). They are used to denote an entoptic phenomenon consisting of a black, tree like structure that can be made visible under… … Dictionary of Hallucinations
Purkinje afterimage — Pur·kin·je afterimage (.)pər kin jē n a second positive afterimage in a succession of visual afterimages resulting from a brief light stimulus and appearing most distinctly in a hue complementary to that of the original sensation Pur·ky·ne or… … Medical dictionary
purkinje shift — noun see purkinje phenomenon * * * Purkinje shift, the adaptation of the eye to darkness by increasing sensitivity to light of shorter wavelength. ╂[< Johannes E. Purkinje] … Useful english dictionary
purkinje effect — noun see purkinje phenomenon … Useful english dictionary
Purkinje, Jan Evangelista — born Dec. 17, 1787, Libochovice, Bohemia died July 28, 1869, Prague, Czech. Czech experimental physiologist. He discovered the Purkinje effect (as light decreases, red objects appear to fade faster than blue ones), Purkinje cells (large branching … Universalium
Purkinje-Effekt — Hellempfindlichkeitskurve für Nacht (blau) und Tagsehen (rot) … Deutsch Wikipedia
