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Orientation-selective adaptation during motion-induced blindness.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  15109165     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
When a global moving pattern is superimposed on high-contrast stationary or slowly moving stimuli, the latter occasionally disappear for periods of several seconds (motion-induced blindness, MIB). Here, an adaptation paradigm was used to determine if orientation-selective adaptation still occurs for the stimulus that is no longer visible. Two slowly drifting high-contrast Gabor patches were presented to observers. As soon as both patches disappeared, one was eliminated from the screen. After 2 s, two low-contrast Gabor patches were presented as tests at the same locations and observers were asked to report their orientations. The observers' performance was significantly higher when the orientation of the low-contrast test patch was orthogonal to the orientation of the high-contrast adapting patch (p < 0.0001) for the location where the patch was present during MIB, even though it was perceptually invisible. The observers' performance was not significantly different at the adjacent control location where the stimulus was absent during the MIB. Although no stimulus was visible at either location, orientation-selective adaptation was preserved only for the location at which the patch remained present. Since orientation information is processed in low-level visual areas such as the primary visual cortex (V1), we conclude that MIB originates in an area higher than V1.
Authors:
Leila Montaser-Kouhsari; Farshad Moradi; Amin Zandvakili; Hossein Esteky
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Perception     Volume:  33     ISSN:  0301-0066     ISO Abbreviation:  Perception     Publication Date:  2004  
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2004-04-27     Completed Date:  2004-07-12     Revised Date:  2006-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0372307     Medline TA:  Perception     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  249-54     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
School of Cognitive Sciences, Institute for Studies in Theoretical Physics and Mathematics (IPM), Niavaran, PO Box 19395-5746, Tehran, Iran. montaser@ipm.ir
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adaptation, Psychological
Adult
Contrast Sensitivity / physiology
Discrimination (Psychology)
Humans
Motion Perception / physiology*
Orientation / physiology*
Psychological Tests
Psychophysics
Time Factors

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