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Published March 2004 | Published
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Suppressive effect of sustained low-contrast adaptation followed by transient high-contrast on peripheral target detection

Abstract

We observed that presenting a low-contrast Gabor patch (2 cpd, 5° eccentricity, contrast=4%) for 8 s and then flashing a 20–30 ms high-contrast patch over it could elicit the perceptual disappearance of a subsequent low-contrast stimulus, whereas neither low-contrast adaptation nor high-contrast flash alone had any considerable effect (p<0.00001). In other experiments we found (a) suppressive components are phase-insensitive, (b) the effect transfers between eyes, (c) suppression is selective for orientation, and (d) the induction by the transient high-contrast Gabor patch could be transferred to another previously adapted location up to a few degrees. Results indicate synergy between contrast and adaptation through a non-linear interaction between rapid gain adjustment to transient change and adaptation to sustained spatial patterns. Findings are compatible with non-local mechanisms presumably at the cortical level.

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Received 4 March 2003; received in revised form 2 October 2003. c2003 Elsevier Ltd.

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