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'''Bloch's law''' observes that, for brief presentations, the product of luminance (or contrast) and duration at the detection threshold is constant. The law is due to Adolphe-Moise Bloch, who first formulated it in 1885.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Gorea |first=Andrei |date=2015-08-01 |title=A Refresher of the Original Bloch’s Law Paper (Bloch, July 1885) |url=https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2041669515593043 |journal=i-Perception |language=en |volume=6 |issue=4 |doi=10.1177/2041669515593043 |issn=2041-6695 |pmc=PMC4934648 |pmid=27433317}}</ref> '''Bloch's law''' observes that, for brief presentations, the product of luminance (or contrast) and duration at the detection threshold is constant.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Hildreth |first=James D. |date=1973 |title=Bloch's law and a temporal integration model for simple reaction time to light |url=http://link.springer.com/10.3758/BF03211177 |journal=Perception & Psychophysics |language=en |volume=14 |issue=3 |pages=421–432 |doi=10.3758/BF03211177 |issn=0031-5117}}</ref> The law is due to Adolphe-Moise Bloch, who first formulated it in 1885.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Gorea |first=Andrei |date=2015-08-01 |title=A Refresher of the Original Bloch's Law Paper (Bloch, July 1885) |journal=i-Perception |language=en |volume=6 |issue=4 |doi=10.1177/2041669515593043 |issn=2041-6695 |pmc=4934648 |pmid=27433317}}</ref>
== Derivation ==
Consider that a brief flash of intensity <math>I</math> is presented for a duration <math>t</math>. Bloch's law states that detection occurs if the total luminance energy <math>I \times t</math> exceeds some threshold value <math>K</math>. Formally,<math display="block">I \times t = K</math>Here, <math>K</math> is a constant that can vary with different viewing conditions, observer attributes, and adaptation levels. Early measurements used single, isolated light flashes of varying duration and intensity to determine the boundary at which a viewer first reports seeing the flash. When plotted against detection thresholds, these data typically exhibit a near-constant product of intensity and duration for short intervals.
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Bloch's law observes that, for brief presentations, the product of luminance (or contrast) and duration at the detection threshold is constant. The law is due to Adolphe-Moise Bloch, who first formulated it in 1885.

Derivation

Consider that a brief flash of intensity I {\displaystyle I} is presented for a duration t {\displaystyle t} . Bloch's law states that detection occurs if the total luminance energy I × t {\displaystyle I\times t} exceeds some threshold value K {\displaystyle K} . Formally, I × t = K {\displaystyle I\times t=K} Here, K {\displaystyle K} is a constant that can vary with different viewing conditions, observer attributes, and adaptation levels. Early measurements used single, isolated light flashes of varying duration and intensity to determine the boundary at which a viewer first reports seeing the flash. When plotted against detection thresholds, these data typically exhibit a near-constant product of intensity and duration for short intervals.

See also

References

  1. Hildreth, James D. (1973). "Bloch's law and a temporal integration model for simple reaction time to light". Perception & Psychophysics. 14 (3): 421–432. doi:10.3758/BF03211177. ISSN 0031-5117.
  2. Gorea, Andrei (2015-08-01). "A Refresher of the Original Bloch's Law Paper (Bloch, July 1885)". i-Perception. 6 (4). doi:10.1177/2041669515593043. ISSN 2041-6695. PMC 4934648. PMID 27433317.
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