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MPI CyberMotion Simulator: Implementation of a Novel Motion Simulator to Investigate Multisensory Path Integration in Three Dimensions
Published on: May 10, 2012
An illusion of coherent global motion arising from single brief presentations of a stationary stimulus
Anna Brooks1, Rick van der Zwan, John Holden
1James Cook University, QLD 4879 Cairns, Australia. anna.brooks@jcu.edu.au
Abstract:
We describe a new illusion in which a single stationary stimulus appears to undergo coherent global motion. Contrast relationships between the stimulus elements suggest the illusion arises via processing of Off- and On-channel signals that remain independent until after passing through low-level motion detectors. We propose that patterns of activation resulting from biphasic temporal impulse response functions in the magnocellular pathway are the basis of the illusion, and describe a model to account for the illusory motion percept.
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