Abstract
After prolonged viewing of a three-element target in which the middle element is spatially offset, subsequent viewing of the same three elements in alignment results in the middle element appearing to be offset in the opposite direction. This adaptational aftereffect to a spatial offset was investigated with elements which were spatial-frequency narrowband and equidetectable to ascertain (a) the properties of the mechanisms involved and (b) the nature of the underlying computation. Evidence is presented in favour of an orientational-grouping, rather than a purely positional computation, underlying this aftereffect. A dual site of adaptation is proposed: one which receives input from the orientation extracted from the output of linear filters, and another which receives input from the orientation derived from grouping processes working on the contrast-energy representation. These may correspond to the mechanisms which are thought to underlie the processing of real and subjective contours.
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