The maximal fusion frequency for rod-mediated vision reaches a plateau at about 15 Hz, whereas cones reach a plateau, observable only at very high illumination intensities, of about 60 Hz
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Research at Haskins Laboratories in the 1960s showed that speech allows humans to achieve a vocal communication rate that exceeds the fusion frequency of the auditory system by fusing sounds together into syllables and words.
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Try searching the www or use Google Scholar with keywords like " flicker fusion frequency " or " temporal contrast sensitivity function . "-- Wjbeaty 02 : 37, 17 January 2007 ( UTC)
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For both rod-and cone-mediated vision, the fusion frequency increases as a function of illumination intensity, until it reaches a plateau corresponding to the maximal time resolution for each type of vision.
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In addition to increasing with average illumination intensity, the fusion frequency also increases with the extent of modulation ( the maximal relative decrease in light intensity presented ); for each frequency and average illumination, there is a characteristic modulation threshold, below which the flicker cannot be detected, and for each modulation depth and average illumination, there is a characteristic frequency threshold.