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Human Visual System Integrates Color Signals along a Motion Trajectory

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Nishida, Shin'ya, Watanabe, Junji, Kuriki, Ichiro, Tokimoto, Toyotaro·2007·Current Biology
DOI 10.1016/j.cub.2006.12.041
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Whether fundamental visual attributes, such as color, motion, and shape, are analyzed separately in specialized pathways has been one of the central questions of visual neuroscience. Although recent studies have revealed various forms of cross-attribute interactions, including significant contributions of color signals to motion processing, it is still widely believed that color perception is relatively independent of motion processing. Here, we report a new color illusion, motion-induced color mixing, in which moving bars, the color of each of which alternates between two colors (e.g., red and green), are perceived as the mixed color (e.g., yellow) even though the two colors are never superimposed on the retina. The magnitude of color mixture is significantly stronger than that expected from direction-insensitive spatial integration of color signals. This illusion cannot be ascribed to optical image blurs, including those induced by chromatic aberration, or to involuntary eye movements of the observer. Our findings indicate that color signals are integrated not only at the same retinal location, but also along a motion trajectory. It is possible that this neural mechanism helps us to see veridical colors for moving objects by reducing motion blur, as in the case of luminance-based pattern perception.

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Authors
Nishida, S., Watanabe, J., Kuriki, I., & Tokimoto, T.
Affiliations
  • NTT (Japan) (JP)
  • AVIX, Inc. (Japan) (JP)
Corresponding author
Nishida, Shin'ya
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Current Biology
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2007-02
Volume
17
Issue
4
Pages
366-372
ISSN
0960-9822 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.cub.2006.12.041
OpenAlex
W2151321022
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92
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4.32
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journal article
Language
en
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  • Current Biology (publishedVersion)
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Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Visual perception and processing mechanisms
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Multisensory perception and integration
  • Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics › Color Science and Applications
Keywords
color perception, color illusions, movement trajectories, color mixing, motion blur, chromatic aberration, eye movements, moving objects
MeSH terms
Color Perception, Humans, Motion Perception, Photic Stimulation, Contrast Sensitivity

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Nishida, S., Watanabe, J., Kuriki, I., & Tokimoto, T. (2007). Human Visual System Integrates Color Signals along a Motion Trajectory. Current Biology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2006.12.041