Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4035824 | Vision Research | 2006 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
We used binocular rivalry as a psychophysical probe to explore center-surround interactions in orientation, motion and color processing. Addition of the surround matching one of the rival targets dramatically altered rivalry dynamics. For all visual sub-modalities tested, predominance of the high-contrast rival target matched to the surround was greatly reduced—a result that disappeared at low contrast. At low contrast, addition of the surround boosted dominance of orientation and motion targets matched to the surround. This contrast-dependent modulation of center-surround interactions seems to be a general property of the visual system and may reflect an adaptive balance between surround suppression and spatial summation.
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Authors
Chris L.E. Paffen, Duje Tadin, Susan F. te Pas, Randolph Blake, Frans A.J. Verstraten,