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. 1992 Oct 1;89(19):9025–9028. doi: 10.1073/pnas.89.19.9025

Another perspective on the visual motion aftereffect.

E Hiris 1, R Blake 1
PMCID: PMC50057  PMID: 1409598

Abstract

Prolonged adaptation to motion in a given direction produces distinctly different visual motion aftereffects (MAEs) when viewing static vs. dynamic test displays. The dynamic MAE can be exactly simulated by real motion, whereas the static MAE cannot. In addition, the magnitude of the dynamic MAE depends on the bandwidth of motion directions experienced during adaptation, whereas the static MAE does not. Evidently a stationary pattern does not directly activate the neural mechanisms affected during motion adaptation, whereas a dynamic visual display does. These results imply that the traditional explanation of the MAE needs modification.

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