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Bareena Johnson1, Peter Wenderoth
1Department of Psychology, Macquarie University, North Ryde, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia. Bareena.Johnson@gmail.com
Abstract:
In order to investigate the relationship between 'neural speedlines', form (shape), and fast motion-direction decisions, Glass patterns were constructed with dipoles assuming a tapered shape. The results of a 2-alternative forced-choice direction-discrimination task, for both concentric and translational Glass-pattern sequences, suggest that with short stimulus presentations (< 1 s) form can influence direction decisions. This result implies that neural speedlines may be analogous to tapered lines and further supports Geisler's (1999, Nature 400 65-69) model of form/motion interaction.
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