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Hecht’s theory of vision

Hecht’s theory of vision

the theory that incremental discrimination of light intensity results from incremental changes in the photochemical materials, such as rhodopsin, present in the photoreceptors. [proposed in 1934 by Selig Hecht (1892–1947), Polish-born U.S. biophysicist]

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