Wohlgemuth was right: Distracting attention from the adapting stimulus does not decrease the motion after-effect

Vision Research

Volumn 51, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 2169-2175

  Morgan, Michael J ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR NEUROLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Attention; Contrast detection; Contrast discrimination; Motion

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; ATTENTION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FIGURAL AFTEREFFECT; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOTION PERCEPTION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS;

EID: 80053571408     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: 18785646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2011.07.018     Document Type: Article

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