Events before the flash Do influence the flash-lag magnitude
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The flash-lag effect occurs when a flash abreast of a smoothly moving object is perceived to spatially lag the moving object. The postdiction accounts of this effect assume either that the flash "resets" motion detectors [Science 287 (2000) 2036], or that position information is not computed for moving objects until it is needed [Trends in the Neurosciences 25 (2002) 293], the latter view having also been proposed by Brenner and Smeets [Vision Research 40 (2000) 1645]. According to these accounts, events occurring before the flash should not change the magnitude of the flash-lag effect. In our experiment, pre-exposure of the moving object as a stationary stimulus, for as little as 50 ms before the flash occurred, significantly reduced the flash-lag effect.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Vision Research
دوره 44 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2004