Moving two-dimensional patterns can capture the perceived directions of lower or higher spatial frequency gratings

Coherent plaid motion is produced by superimposing two one-dimensional gratings of the same spatial frequency moving +/- 60 degrees from the intersection-of-constraints (IOC) resultant direction. These moving plaids were found to change the perceived direction of a third one-dimensional grating, either 6-fold lower or higher in spatial frequency, from traveling in one of the plaid's component direction to the IOC resultant direction. We describe this phenomenon as coherence capture. Coherence capture was found to be effective between plaids with 0.5, 1.0, and 1.5 c/deg components and gratings of 3.0, 6.0 and 9.0 c/deg respectively. It was also found to be effective between plaids with 3.0 c/deg components and gratings of 0.5 c/deg. However, coherence capture between higher spatial frequency plaids and lower spatial frequency gratings became less effective when the component spatial frequencies of the plaid increased.