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Disparity, motion, and color information improve gloss constancy performance.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20884605     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
S. Nishida and M. Shinya (1998) found that observers have only a limited ability to recover surface-reflectance properties under changes in surface shape. Our aim in the present study was to investigate how the degree of surface-reflectance constancy depends on the availability of information that may help to infer the reflectance and shape properties of surfaces. To this end, we manipulated the availability of (i) motion-induced information (static vs. dynamic presentation), (ii) disparity information (with the levels "monocular," "surface disparity," and "surface + highlight disparity"), and (iii) color information (grayscale stimuli vs. hue differences between diffuse and specular reflections). The task of the subjects was to match the perceived lightness and glossiness between two surfaces with different spatial frequency and amplitude by manipulating the diffuse component and the exponent of the Phong lighting model in one of the surfaces. Our results indicate that all three types of information improve the constancy of glossiness matches--both in isolation and in combination. The lightness matching data only revealed an influence of motion and color information. Our results indicate, somewhat counterintuitively, that motion information has a detrimental effect on lightness constancy.
Authors:
Gunnar Wendt; Franz Faul; Vebjørn Ekroll; Rainer Mausfeld
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't     Date:  2010-09-01
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of vision     Volume:  10     ISSN:  1534-7362     ISO Abbreviation:  J Vis     Publication Date:  2010  
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-10-04     Completed Date:  2011-01-24     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  101147197     Medline TA:  J Vis     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  7     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychology, Kiel, Germany. gunwendt@psychologie.uni-kiel.de
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Color Perception / physiology*
Depth Perception / physiology
Form Perception / physiology*
Humans
Light
Models, Theoretical
Motion Perception / physiology*
Photic Stimulation / methods
Surface Properties*
Vision Disparity / physiology*
Vision, Monocular / physiology

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