title: Age and disturbance of dark adaptation by extreme peripheral light.
abstract: The effects on dark adaptation of exposure to light presented only in the extreme periphery were significantly greater for observers over the age of 40 years. Increasing the exposure duration from 0.5 to 5 min significantly affected only the older observers.
authors.affiliation: Naval Submarine Medical Research Laboratory, Groton, Connecticut.
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Luria
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Divita
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology*; D003623:Dark Adaptation; D006801:Humans; D008027:Light; D008875:Middle Aged; D014794:Visual Fields