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Night Vision and Psychiatric Disorders: A Review of Experimental Studies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2018

G. W. Granger
G. W. Granger*
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Psychological Department, Institute of Psychiatry, Maudsley Hospital, S.E.5
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In recent years a number of studies have been undertaken in which the “night vision” or dark-adaptation of psychiatric patients has been compared with that of normal subjects. These studies have their origin in a wartime observation that the incidence of “night-blindness” among neurotics was higher than among normal Service personnel. Evidence of functional disorders of vision is of interest from several points of view, psychiatric and ophthalmological as well as psychological and physiological. The aim of this article is to make a critical evaluation of the results so far obtained, determine what generalizations are possible and consider implications for further research.

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Journal of Mental Science , Volume 103 , Issue 430 , January 1957 , pp. 48 - 79
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1957 

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