Feature- and Face-Exchange illusions: new insights and applications for the study of the binding problem.

ABSTRACT:

The binding problem is a longstanding issue in vision science

i.e., how are humans able to maintain a relatively stable representation of objects and features even though the visual system processes many aspects of the world separately and in parallel? We previously investigated this issue with a variant of the bounce-pass paradigm, which consists of two rectangular bars moving in opposite directions; if the bars are identical and never overlap, the motion could equally be interpreted as bouncing or passing. Although bars of different colors should be seen as passing each other (since the colors provide more information about the bars' paths), we found "Feature Exchange": observers reported the paradoxical perception that the bars appear to bounce off of each other and exchange col

SUBMITTER: Shapiro AG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4199280 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature