How Does Age Affect Lighting?

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The results showed that the older age groups could distinguish more colors in less levels of lighting than the younger age groups. The younger age groups would be considered 7 and under, while the other age groups would be considered the older age groups. The results of the experiment refuted the original hypothesis, which is: If age affects the amount of light needed to help distinguish colors, then younger ages will be able to distinguish colors in less lighting compared to older ages.
Test subjects eye color was not controlled during the experiment and could have been the factor that resulted in the information collected. Pigmentation of eyes is a big factor in how the eyes perceive and receive light. Darker pigmented eyes are more protected against harmful light rays, which may lead to better vision (Dunaief, 2014). All test subjects in the older age groups have dark pigmented eyes, which means that the test subjects would have not have been exposed to as much harmful rays. Less exposure means that the subjects eyesight would not have been impaired as much as some of the younger age test …show more content…

Test subjects would be questioned about if they use contacts or glasses or if they were colorblind. The background used in the experiment would be controlled and also the time that test subjects eyes are able adjust during the experiment would be controlled as well. A clean background with minimal design would be used in the experiment because then the colors of the object would not be confused with the colors of the background, making the results true. The time that the test subjects take to adjust their eyes to the lighting would also be controlled in order to make the results equal. Each subject’s eyes would not adjust at the same rate, but if the time they were allowed to adjust was controlled, then the results would show the difference between different ages

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