Mutual repulsion between moving visual targets.

W Marshak; R Sekuler

doi:10.1126/science.472756

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Mutual repulsion between moving visual targets.

W Marshak·R Sekuler

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When two spatially intermingled sets of random dots move in different directions, the direction of each set may be misperceived. Observers report that each set of dots appears to move in a direction displaced by as much as 20 degrees from the direction of its companion set. Probably the result of inhibitory interactions, this mutual repulsion occurs at a central site in the visual system and may normally enhance discrimination of direction.

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Eye Movements Humans Motion Perception Neural Inhibition Ocular Physiological Phenomena Visual Perception Journal Article Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

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W Marshak, R Sekuler. 1979-09-28. Mutual repulsion between moving visual targets.. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.472756

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