Abstract

When it is surrounded by lines of a differing orientation, a test line changes its apparent orientation in a direction away from that of the surround lines. Using a nulling technique to arrive at numerical values, the properties of this simultaneous orientation contrast have been analyzed: it diminishes with distance of the surround lines; rises and then falls off as a function of surround line orientation; decreases with exposure duration; is sharply tuned (± 100msec) for synchrony of test and surround line presentation; is robust to differences between test and surround line disparity but not intensity; and is reduced with dichoptic presentation of test and surround lines. Orientation contrast can be induced in a variety of oriented features, including illusory contours, an ellipse, a moving dot and a row of dots or lines, but two dots alone don't suffice. The results are taken as evidence that orientation is a domain sui generis, in which simultaneous contrast is exhibited in the same manner as in the domains of color, brightness and disparity.

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