Pattern-contingent color aftereffects on noninduced patterns. 1989

G K Humphrey, and P C Dodwell, and V F Emerson

In a series of experiments, we found that in addition to expected reports of color aftereffects on patterns viewed during induction, reliable and predictable reports of color were given by subjects to patterns they did not view during induction. These reports to noninduced patterns were generally to patterns that were orthogonal to the patterns seen during induction. Induction with, for example, a red vertical grating led to appropriate aftereffects (i.e., green) on that vertical pattern and to the complementary aftereffect (i.e., pink) on a horizontal grating. We suggest that such color aftereffects on noninduced patterns are based on a shift in the activity of orientation coding mechanisms as a result of viewing the inducing patterns. We further propose that the results are consistent with the Lie transformation group theory of neuropsychology and that they add to a growing body of research demonstrating the applicability of this theory to the understanding of pattern-contingent color aftereffects.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D009949 Orientation Awareness of oneself in relation to time, place and person. Cognitive Orientation,Mental Orientation,Psychological Orientation,Cognitive Orientations,Mental Orientations,Orientation, Cognitive,Orientation, Mental,Orientation, Psychological,Orientations,Orientations, Cognitive,Orientations, Mental,Orientations, Psychological,Psychological Orientations
D010364 Pattern Recognition, Visual Mental process to visually perceive a critical number of facts (the pattern), such as characters, shapes, displays, or designs. Recognition, Visual Pattern,Visual Pattern Recognition
D003118 Color Perception Mental processing of chromatic signals (COLOR VISION) from the eye by the VISUAL CORTEX where they are converted into symbolic representations. Color perception involves numerous neurons, and is influenced not only by the distribution of wavelengths from the viewed object, but also by its background color and brightness contrast at its boundary. Color Perceptions,Perception, Color,Perceptions, Color
D005366 Figural Aftereffect A perceptual phenomenon used by Gestalt psychologists to demonstrate that events in one part of the perceptual field may affect perception in another part. Aftereffect, Figural,Aftereffects, Figural,Figural Aftereffects
D005556 Form Perception The sensory discrimination of a pattern, shape, or outline. Contour Perception,Contour Perceptions,Form Perceptions,Perception, Contour,Perception, Form,Perceptions, Contour,Perceptions, Form
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D001288 Attention Focusing on certain aspects of current experience to the exclusion of others. It is the act of heeding or taking notice or concentrating. Focus of Attention,Selective Attention,Social Attention,Attention Focus,Attention, Selective,Attention, Social,Selective Attentions

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