Visual learning in the perception of texture: simple and contingent aftereffects of texture density
Authors: Durgin, Frank H.1; Proffit, Dennis R.2
Source: Spatial Vision, Volume 9, Number 4, 1996 , pp. 423-474(52)
Publisher: VSP, an imprint of Brill
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Abstract:
Novel results elucidating the magnitude, binocularity and retinotopicity of aftereffects of visual texture density adaptation are reported as is a new contingent aftereffect of texture density which suggests that the perception of visual texture density is quite malleable. Texture aftereffects contingent upon orientation, color and temporal sequence are discussed. A fourth effect is demonstrated in which auditory contingencies are shown to produce a different kind of visual distortion. The merits and limitations of error-correction and classical conditioning theories of contingent adaptation are reviewed. It is argued that a third kind of theory which emphasizes coding efficiency and informational considerations merits close attention. It is proposed that malleability in the registration of texture information can be understood as part of the functional adaptability of perception.Document Type: Research article
DOI: 10.1163/156856896X00204
Affiliations: 1: Department of Psychology, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA 19081, USA 2: Department of Psychology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22903, USA
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