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Spatial scale dependent in-phase and anti-phase directional biases in the perception of self-organized motion patterns.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  7941387     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
A long row of evenly spaced dots is displaced on successive frames by half the distance between the dots. Although these stimuli are directionally ambiguous, spatially and temporally coherent unidirectional and oscillatory motion patterns are perceived as a result of the temporal persistence of competing in-phase and anti-phase directional biases, respectively. The perceiver's spatial scale is critical is determining whether dots are near enough to favor an in-phase bias or far enough apart to favor an anti-phase bias. The results are explained by a differential-gradient model of cooperative interaction, which specifies that the strength of facilitating (excitatory) interactions among motion detectors with similar directional selectivity falls off with distance at a greater rate than the strength of competing inhibiting interactions.
Authors:
H S Hock; G W Balz
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Vision research     Volume:  34     ISSN:  0042-6989     ISO Abbreviation:  Vision Res.     Publication Date:  1994 Jul 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1994-11-01     Completed Date:  1994-11-01     Revised Date:  2004-11-17    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0417402     Medline TA:  Vision Res     Country:  ENGLAND    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1843-61     Citation Subset:  IM; S    
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton 33431.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Distance Perception / physiology
Eye Movements / physiology
Fixation, Ocular
Humans
Male
Models, Biological
Motion Perception / physiology*
Neural Inhibition / physiology
Observer Variation
Pattern Recognition, Visual / physiology*
Time Factors

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