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Background:

Collinear facilitation enhances contrast sensitivity when Gabor targets are flanked by similar patches.
Previous studies demonstrated this effect across various spatial frequencies in experienced observers.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the initial stage of collinear facilitation in naive observers.
To understand how practice influences collinear facilitation at different spatial frequencies.

Main Methods:

Testing naive observers on collinear facilitation tasks with Gabor targets.
Comparing results from naive observers with previously published data from experienced observers.
Analyzing facilitation across a range of spatial frequencies.

Main Results:

Collinear facilitation was maximal for high spatial frequencies and minimal for low spatial frequencies in naive observers.
Experienced observers showed evident facilitation at low spatial frequencies.
Initial reduced facilitation at low spatial frequencies in naive observers suggests practice enhances lateral interactions.

Conclusions:

Naive observers exhibit frequency-dependent collinear facilitation, peaking at high spatial frequencies.
Practice improves collinear facilitation at low spatial frequencies, likely by optimizing lateral interactions.
The reduced facilitation at low spatial frequencies in naive observers may stem from slow input propagation and temporal mismatch.