Document Detail


Segregation of motion structure from random visual noise.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  8804089     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
A potential source of information about spatial layout, surface slant, and self-motion is provided by transformations of the optic flow field. Theoretical analyses have demonstrated that such flow fields can be decomposed into translation, rotation, expansion, and deformation components. The objective in this study was to investigate the effectiveness of these motions as visual primitives for preattentive scene segregation. The stimuli consisted of two-frame patterns containing 998 dots. A variable number of these dots (5 to 50) were defined as target dots, representing a specific motion structure, with the residual dots defined as a noise field. The observers' task was to identify the location and type of motion structure. On the basis of the number of target dots needed to detect and correctly identify the target structure, it was determined that translation was the most easily detected structure, followed by rotation, expansion, and compression. Deformation was found to have a detection threshold as high as compression. The results are related to other studies of these motion components.
Authors:
U Ahlström; E Börjesson
Related Documents :
2487639 - Human horizontal optokinetic nystagmus elicited by the upper versus the lower visual fi...
18082239 - Eccentric grouping by proximity in multistable dot lattices.
10828469 - The dependence of motion repulsion and rivalry on the distance between moving elements.
11152719 - Microstimulation of cortical area mt affects performance on a visual working memory task.
11041989 - Perceiving human locomotion: priming effects in direction discrimination.
10634849 - Cerebellar flocculus and paraflocculus purkinje cell activity during circular pursuit i...
15168899 - Neural correlates of the effects of morphological family frequency and family size: an ...
18324259 - Deep nulling of visible laser light.
19378749 - Dosimetric evaluations of the interplay effect in respiratory-gated intensity-modulated...
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Perception     Volume:  25     ISSN:  0301-0066     ISO Abbreviation:  Perception     Publication Date:  1996  
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1996-12-26     Completed Date:  1996-12-26     Revised Date:  2004-11-17    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0372307     Medline TA:  Perception     Country:  ENGLAND    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  279-91     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Uppsala, Sweden.
Export Citation:
APA/MLA Format     Download EndNote     Download BibTex
MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adult
Attention*
Discrimination Learning*
Female
Humans
Male
Motion Perception*
Orientation*
Pattern Recognition, Visual*
Perceptual Distortion
Psychophysics
Sensory Thresholds

From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine


Previous Document:  Spatial filter combination in human pattern vision: channel interactions revealed by adaptation.
Next Document:  Measurement of pain: the psychometric properties of the Pain-O-Meter, a simple, inexpensive pain ass...