Spatial Organization in Visual Perception of Lightness
Keywords:
Visual perception of lightness, Simultaneous lightness contrast, Subjective contours, Spatial organization, Figure-ground perceptionAbstract
This study investigated the influence of physical variations of stimuli, based on the spatial organization of figure-ground, which is created by the association of illusory effects of simultaneous lightness contrast and subjective contours. One hundred and sixty matrixes were presented to each participant, among a total of 64. Each matrix was composed of one sample stimulus and four comparison stimuli, and the task was to identify which of the four comparison stimuli corresponded to the sample stimulus. The significant difference between the averages of visual adjustment that were verified for the medium subjective contour and for the control condition (without contour) showed that the classical formation of Kanizsa subjective contours influenced visual perception when associated with the effect of simultaneous lightness contrast.
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Anderson, B. (1997). A theory of illusory lightness and transparency in monocular and binocular images: The role of contour junctions. Perception, 26, 419-453.
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Blakeslee, B., & McCourt, M. E. (1999). A multiscale spatial filtering account of the White effect, simultaneous brightness contrast and grating induction. Vision Research, 39, 4361”“4377.
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Bonato, F., & Cataliotti, J. (2000). The effects of figure-ground, perceived area, and target saliency on the luminosity threshold. Perception & Psychophysics, 62, 341-349.
Buckley, D., Frisby, J., & Freeman, J. (1994). Lightness perception can be affected by surface curvature from stereopsis. Perception, 23, 869”“881.
Cataliotti, J., & Gilchrist, A. (1995). Local and global processes in surface lightness perception. Percept Psychophy, 52, 125-135.
Dube, W. V., & Hiris, E. J. (1996). MTS v 11.6 [Software for research and education]. Waltham, MA: E. K. Shriver Center for Mental Retardation.
Gilchrist, A. (1977). Perceived lightness depends on perceived spatial arrangement. Science, 195, 185-187.
Gilchrist, A., Kossyfidis, C., Bonato, F., Agostini, T., Cataliotti, J., Li, X., Spehar, B., & Szura, J. (1999). An anchoring theory of lightness perception. Psychology Review, 106, 795-834.
Helmholtz, H. (1962). Treatise on physiological optics. New York: Dover. (Trabalho original publicado em 1866)
Hering, E. (1964). Outlines of a theory of the light sense. Cambridge: Harvard University. (Trabalho original publicado em 1874)
Ichihara, S., Kitagawa, N., & Akutsu, H. (2007). Contrast and depth perception: Effects of texture contrast and area contrast. Perception, 36, 658-695.
Kanizsa, G. (1976). Subjective contours. Scientific American, 234, 48-52.
Katz, D. (1935). The world of colour. Londres: Kegan Paul, Trench,Trubner & Co.
Kelly, F., & Grossberg, S. (2000). Neural dynamics of 3-D surface perception: Figure-ground separation and lightness perception. Perception & Psychophysics, 62, 1596”“1618.
Kingdom, F., Blakeslee, B., & McCourt, M. (1997). Brightness with and without perceived transparency: When does it make a difference? Perception, 26, 493”“506.
Knill, D., & Kersten, D. (1991). Apparent surface curvature affects lightness perception. Nature, 351, 228-230.
Logvinenko, A. (1999). Lightness induction revisited. Perception, 28, 803-816.
Logvinenko, A. (2005). Does luminance contrast determine lightness? Spatial Vision, 18, 337-345.
Paradiso, M. (2000). Visual neuroscience: Illuminating the dark corners. Current Biology, 10, R15”“R18.
Perna, A., & Morrone, M. C. (2007). The lowest spatial frequency channel determines brightness perception. Vision Research, 47, 1282-1291.
Purves, D., Shimpi, A., & Lotto, R. (1999). An empirical explanation of the Cornsweet effect. The Journal of Neuroscience, 19, 8542”“8551.
Purves, D., Williams, S. M., Nundy, S., & Lotte, R. B. (2004). Perceiving the intensity of light. Psychological Review, 111, 142-158.
Ross, W., & Pessoa, L. (2000). Lightness from contrast: A selective integration model. Perception & Psychophysics, 62, 1160”“1181.
Rock, D., & Palmer, S. (1990). The legancy of Gestalt psychology. Scientific American, 263, 84-90.
Sabra, A. (1978). Sensation and inference in Alhazen’s theory of visual perception. Em P. Machamer & R. Turnbull (Orgs.), Studies in perception: Interrelations in the history of philosophy and science (pp. 160-161). Columbus: Ohio State University.
Schirillo, J., & Shevell, S. (1997). An account of brightness in complex scenes based on inferred illumination. Perception, 26, 507”“518.
Todorovic, D. (1997). Lightness and junctions. Perception, 26, 379”“394.
Wishart, K., Frisby, J, & Buckley, D. (1997). The role of 3-D surface slope in a lightness/brightness effect. Vision Research, 37, 467”“473.
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2010-07-30
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Loureiro Ribeiro, A. J., & de Souza, W. C. (2010). Spatial Organization in Visual Perception of Lightness. Psicologia: Teoria E Pesquisa, 26(2), 273–280. Retrieved from https://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/revistaptp/article/view/17799
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