Illusory motion and mislocalization of temporally offset target in apparent motion display.

ABSTRACT: When a visual target briefly appears in a display containing visual motion information, the perceived position of the target is mislocalized forward along its direction of motion. This phenomenon is assumed to be caused by the interaction between the transient onset signal of the target and motion information. However, while transient onset and offset signals are important for the establishment of our perceptual awareness, it has not been examined whether transient offset signals could be also effective for target mislocalization. Here, we demonstrate that shifts in perceived position occurred for a visual target containing a temporally transient offset signal in an apparent motion (AM) display. First, with horizontal AM, we found that illusory motion was perceived when a static target tra

SUBMITTER: Hidaka S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3630298 | biostudies-literature | 2013

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature