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Cross-Modal Multivariate Pattern Analysis
Published on: November 9, 2011
Unifying sequential effects in perceptual grouping
1Dipartimento di Psicologia and BRAIN Center for Neuroscience, Università di Trieste, via S. Anastasio, 12, 34134 Trieste, Italy. nick@psico.univ.trieste.it <nick@psico.univ.trieste.it>
Abstract:
Temporally-extended perception involves a delicate balance of constancy and change. 'This can be seen, for instance, when viewing bistable figures such as the Necker cube. A recent study by Gepshtein and Kubovy of sequential effects in multistable dot lattices demonstrates constancy and change within the same set of data. They propose that these opposing trends might be explained by the same single factor: a persistent random orientation bias that is intrinsic to brain activity. This proposal could form the basis for a new account of multistability.
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