Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4035456 | Vision Research | 2007 | 9 Pages |
Abstract
Does spatial separation incur a processing time requirement before precise alignment judgements can occur? Alignment thresholds for separated lines are measured for exposure durations from 27 to 500Â ms, with and without post-masks. The effect of masks on visibility is controlled. Unlike without a post-mask, with an effective post-mask, alignment thresholds improve substantially with time, i.e. in square-root fashion. Alignment across space may be important for further shape analysis. Threshold improvement is probably not explained by a spatial scale shift of visual analysis over time. A higher-order collection stage appears to refine relative position information for up to 200Â ms.
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Authors
Sarah J. Waugh,