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Temporal vision: measures, mechanisms and meaning

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Donner, Kristian·2021·Journal of Experimental Biology

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Time is largely a hidden variable in vision. It is the condition for seeing interesting things such as spatial forms and patterns, colours and movements in the external world, and yet is not meant to be noticed in itself. Temporal aspects of visual processing have received comparatively little attention in research. Temporal properties have been made explicit mainly in measurements of resolution and integration in simple tasks such as detection of spatially homogeneous flicker or light pulses of varying duration. Only through a mechanistic understanding of their basis in retinal photoreceptors and circuits can such measures guide modelling of natural vision in different species and illuminate functional and evolutionary trade-offs. Temporal vision research would benefit from bridging traditions that speak different languages. Towards that goal, I here review studies from the fields of human psychophysics, retinal physiology and neuroethology, with a focus on fundamental constraints set by early vision.

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  • When LED irradiance was reduced, there was an intensity-dependent decrease in the magnitude of the dLight1 peak and an increase in the response latency.

    “When LED irradiance was reduced, we observed an intensity-dependent decrease in the magnitude of the dLight1 peak and an increase in the response latency (Figure 2E–F), consistent with Bloch’s law of temporal summation in mammalian photoreceptors (Scharnowski et al., 2007; Donner, 2021).”

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    The sections on response latencies and photoreceptor responses report that lower light intensity is associated with longer latency and that response amplitude scales with intensity in the linear range. The section on reading the rising phase discusses Bloch’s temporal-summation model but cautions that its sharp integration window applies only to the task used to measure it. Donner does not report the citing authors’ dLight1 measurements or establish that their peak-and-latency pattern follows Bloch’s law. (LLM, conf=0.82)

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Authors
Donner, K.
Affiliations
University of Helsinki (FI)
Corresponding author
Donner, Kristian
Venue
Journal of Experimental Biology
Published
2021-07-15
Volume
224
Issue
15
ISSN
  • 0022-0949 (ISSN-L)
  • 1477-9145
OpenAlex
W3185761520
Cited by
33
References
217
Citations by year
2026: 8 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 9
FWCI
2.62
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Journal of Experimental Biology (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Työväentutkimus Vuosikirja (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Visual perception and processing mechanisms
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Retinal Development and Disorders
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Multisensory perception and integration
Keywords
temporal vision, visual temporal processing, retinal photoreceptors, retinal circuitry, flicker detection, light pulse duration, temporal resolution, visual integration, neuroethology, psychophysics, retinal physiology
MeSH terms
Humans, Retina, Vision, Ocular, Visual Perception, Photoreceptor Cells, Vertebrate

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