Illusory motion reversal is caused by rivalry, not by perceptual snapshots of the visual field.

Abstract:

:In stroboscopic conditions--such as motion pictures--rotating objects may appear to rotate in the reverse direction due to under-sampling (aliasing). A seemingly similar phenomenon occurs in constant sunlight, which has been taken as evidence that the visual system processes discrete "snapshots" of the outside world. But if snapshots are indeed taken of the visual field, then when a rotating drum appears to transiently reverse direction, its mirror image should always appeared to reverse direction simultaneously. Contrary to this hypothesis, we found that when observers watched a rotating drum and its mirror image, almost all illusory motion reversals occurred for only one image at a time. This result indicates that the motion reversal illusion cannot be explained by snapshots of the visual field. The same result is found when the two images are presented within one visual hemifield, further ruling out the possibility that discrete sampling of the visual field occurs separately in each hemisphere. The frequency distribution of illusory reversal durations approximates a gamma distribution, suggesting perceptual rivalry as a better explanation for illusory motion reversal. After adaptation of motion detectors coding for the correct direction, the activity of motion-sensitive neurons coding for motion in the reverse direction may intermittently become dominant and drive the perception of motion.

journal_name

Vision Res

journal_title

Vision research

authors

Kline K,Holcombe AO,Eagleman DM

doi

10.1016/j.visres.2004.05.030

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2004-10-01 00:00:00

pages

2653-8

issue

23

eissn

0042-6989

issn

1878-5646

pii

S0042-6989(04)00273-1

journal_volume

44

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