Changes in Perceived Temporal Variation Due to Context: Contributions from Two Distinct Neural Mechanisms

Overview

Journal Vision Res

Specialty Ophthalmology

Date 2011 Jul 13

PMID 21745494

Citations 5

Authors

Anthony D DAntona

Jan Kremers

Steven K Shevell

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Abstract

The percept of a time-varying light depends on the temporal properties of light within the surrounding area. The locus of the neural mechanism mediating this lateral interaction is controversial; neural mechanisms have been posited at the LGN (Kremers et al., 2004) or cortical level (D'Antona & Shevell, 2007). To determine the neural locus, changes in perceived temporal variation were compared with ipsilateral versus contralateral surrounding context. In both cases, a temporally varying central field was viewed within a temporally varying surround; relative phase between center and surround was varied. Perceived modulation depth in the central field depended strongly on the relative phase between center and surround, in both the ipsilateral and contralateral conditions. The results revealed lateral interactions arising from both a weak monocular (plausibly LGN) and a stronger central (cortical) mechanism. The monocular contribution was similar over the range of temporal frequencies tested (approx. 3-12Hz), while the central component showed low-pass temporal-frequency selectivity.

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