Abstract
Perceptual transparency requires local same-polarity X-junctions, which can also be generated by temporal integration under natural dynamic conditions. In this study, segmentation performance and target appearance were measured for a uniform gray target embedded in a random-dot frame presented with a temporally adjacent mask. Although static cues for both segmentation and transparency were unavailable, transparency was observed only when collinear same-polarity edges reduced backward masking, in both the fovea and the perifovea. These results suggest that the visual system has a common underlying mechanism for rapid segmentation and transparency, which utilises same-polarity X-junctions generated by temporal integration.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 471-484 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| Journal | Perception |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Jul 12 2004 |
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- Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
- Ophthalmology
- Sensory Systems
- Artificial Intelligence
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Rapid image-segmentation and perceptual transparency share a process which utilises X-junctions generated by temporal integration in the visual system. / Mitsudo, Hiroyuki.
In: Perception, Vol. 33, No. 4, 12.07.2004, p. 471-484.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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