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Johannes von Kries

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German physiological psychologist (1853-1928)

GermanyDoctorsLived 1853 to 1928 · aged 75
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Johannes Adolf von Kries was a German physiological psychologist who formulated the modern “duplicity” or “duplexity” theory of vision mediated by rod cells at low light levels and three types of cone cells at higher light levels. He made important contributions in the field of haemodynamics.

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Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order
Pour le Mérite

Doctors from Germany 6

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Johannes Adolf von Kries was a German physiological psychologist who formulated the modern “duplicity” or “duplexity” theory of vision mediated by rod cells at low light levels and three types of cone cells at higher light levels. He made important contributions in the field of haemodynamics. In addition, von Kries was a significant theorist of the foundations of probability.

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Germany
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Doctors
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Doctor
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deceased
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Lived 1853 to 1928 · aged 75
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