The CRIP effect: How a pattern in central vision interferes with perception of a pattern in the periphery.

ABSTRACT: Our percept of the world is the result of interactions between central and peripheral vision. They can be facilitatory, because central vision is informative about what is in the periphery, or detrimental, such as when shape elements are pooled. We introduce a novel phenomenon, in which elements in the central region impair perception in the periphery (central region interference with periphery [CRIP]). We showed participants a squared grid containing small lines (vertical or diagonal) or crosses in the central region and diagonal lines in the periphery. The regions were divided by a gap that varied in size and position. Participants reported the orientation of the diagonal lines in the periphery (/ or \). The central pattern caused interference and hindered discrimination. For a fixed ecc

SUBMITTER: Oletto CM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11875039 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature