From visual performance to visual ergonomics: a personal historic view

Abstract

During the author's active time in vision research a change in attitude took place from ‘visual performance’ as a criterion to justify higher light levels, to ‘visual ergonomics’ as a more comprehensive approach to improve visual work conditions. Some personal memories of this transition period may serve as a historic framework.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

This is the last in a series of six review papers in Clinical and Experimental Optometry that I would never have written without the continuing gentle pressure by Barry Cole and never have managed to steer through present day virtual channels without the benevolent help of the editorial staff of this journal, for which I extend my sincere thanks.

Notes

a.  We introduced this term in our institute in 1976 and presented the concept at the 1977 Stockholm Ergophthalmology meeting.¹³

b.  The Dutch word ‘priegel’ means ‘very fine’.