Purkinje effect [SEP] named after
Purkinje effect
The Purkinje effect (sometimes called the Purkinje shift) is the tendency for the peak luminance sensitivity of the eye to shift toward the blue end of the color spectrum at low illumination levels as part of dark adaptation. In consequence, reds will appear darker relative to other colors as light levels decrease. The effect is named after the Czech anatomist Jan Evangelista Purkyně. While the effect is often described from the perspective of the human eye, it is well established in a number of animals under the same name to
model) – Renfrey B. Potts, Julius Ashkin, and Edward Teller
- Pourbaix diagram – Marcel Pourbaix
- Poynting effect, vector – John Henry Poynting
- Poynting–Robertson effect – John Henry Poynting and Howard P. Robertson
- Prandtl number – Ludwig Prandtl
- Primakoff effect – Henry Primakoff
- Proteus phenomenon – Proteus (mythological god)
- Pulfrich effect – Carl P. Pulfrich
- Purkinje effect/shift – Johannes Evangelista Purkinje
- Pygmalion effect (a.k.a. Rosenthal effect, observer-expectancy effect