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Local and global segmentation of rotating shapes viewed through multiple slits.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  15929645     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Rotating outline squares and circles were viewed through a sunburst pattern of stationary radial slits. At slow rotation rates the (dotted) square was perceived globally as a single rotating shape, and at higher rates, as a set of independent local dots moving in and out radially. An eccentrically rotating circle was seen as a dotted circle; the dots comprising the circle actually moved in and out along straight radial paths, but observers could never see this. Instead, they saw the dots as running around the rim of the circle. The common motions were rejected, perhaps by subtracting the mean motion of all points from each point. Only relative motion could be seen, and absolute dot motions were not available to consciousness. Thus the visual motion system parsed patterns of absolute motion vectors into patterns of relative motion vectors.
Authors:
Stuart Anstis
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't     Date:  2005-03-08
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of vision     Volume:  5     ISSN:  1534-7362     ISO Abbreviation:  J Vis     Publication Date:  2005  
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2005-06-02     Completed Date:  2006-01-17     Revised Date:  2008-04-29    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  101147197     Medline TA:  J Vis     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  194-201     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, UCSD, La Jolla, CA 92093-0109, USA. sanstis@ucsd.edu
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Humans
Motion Perception / physiology*
Pattern Recognition, Visual / physiology*
Psychophysics
Rotation*

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