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Dynamics of contour integration
R F Hess1, W H Beaudot, K T Mullen
1Department of Ophthalmology, McGill Vision Research, McGill University, 687 Pine Avenue West (H4-14), Québec, H3A 1A1, Montréal, Canada. rhess@bradman.vision.mcgill.ca
Abstract:
To determine the dynamics of contour integration the temporal properties of the individual contour elements were varied as well as those of the contour they form. A temporal version of a contour integration paradigm (Field, D. J., Hayes, A., & Hess, R. F. (1993) Vision Research, 33, 173-193) was used to assess these two temporal dynamics as a function of the contrast of individual elements and the curvature of the contour. The results show that the dynamics of contour integration are good when the contrast of the individual elements is modulated in time (10-30 Hz), but are poor when contour linking per se is temporally modulated (1-12 Hz). The dynamics of contour linking is not dependent on the absolute contrast of the linking elements, so long as they are visible, but does vary with the curvature of the contour. For straight contours, temporal resolution is around 6-12 Hz but falls to around 1-2 Hz for curved contours.
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