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Motion-form interactions beyond the motion integration level: Evidence for interactions between orientation and optic flow signals

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Pavan, A., Marotti, R. B., Mather, G.·2013·Journal of Vision
DOI 10.1167/13.6.16PMC PMC3670578
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Motion and form encoding are closely coupled in the visual system. A number of physiological studies have shown that neurons in the striate and extrastriate cortex (e.g., V1 and MT) are selective for motion direction parallel to their preferred orientation, but some neurons also respond to motion orthogonal to their preferred spatial orientation. Recent psychophysical research (Mather, Pavan, Bellacosa, & Casco, 2012) has demonstrated that the strength of adaptation to two fields of transparently moving dots is modulated by simultaneously presented orientation signals, suggesting that the interaction occurs at the level of motion integrating receptive fields in the extrastriate cortex. In the present psychophysical study, we investigated whether motion-form interactions take place at a higher level of neural processing where optic flow components are extracted. In Experiment 1, we measured the duration of the motion aftereffect (MAE) generated by contracting or expanding dot fields in the presence of either radial (parallel) or concentric (orthogonal) counterphase pedestal gratings. To tap the stage at which optic flow is extracted, we measured the duration of the phantom MAE (Weisstein, Maguire, & Berbaum, 1977) in which we adapted and tested different parts of the visual field, with orientation signals presented either in the adapting (Experiment 2) or nonadapting (Experiments 3 and 4) sectors. Overall, the results showed that motion adaptation is suppressed most by orientation signals orthogonal to optic flow direction, suggesting that motion-form interactions also take place at the global motion level where optic flow is extracted.

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  • Dynamic stimulation may work by activating motion-processing circuits that in turn produce form perception.

    “Dynamic stimulation may be an effective work-around for this limitation because it activates motion-processing circuits that in turn result in form perception, much as visual motion can produce form perception (Pavan et al., 2013).”

    From Dynamic Stimulation of Visual Cortex Produces Form Vision in Sighted and Blind Humans (2020) · cites this paper as Pavan et al., 2013

    The Introduction (p. 1) says that motion and form signals interact in both directions and can cooperate when the visual system extracts a partially occluded object. That supports the general analogy, but the paper does not establish that dynamic stimulation activates motion-processing circuits that then produce form perception, or that it works around the citing paper’s stated limitation. (LLM, conf=0.78)

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Authors
Pavan, A., Marotti, R. B., & Mather, G.
Affiliations
  • University of Regensburg (DE)
  • University of Padua (IT)
  • University of Lincoln (GB)
ORCID
Venue
Journal of Vision
Publisher
Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO)
Published
2013-05-31
Volume
13
Issue
6
Pages
16-16
ISSN
1534-7362 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1167/13.6.16
PMC
PMC3670578
OpenAlex
W2139929378
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journal article
Language
en
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  • Lincoln Repository (University of Lincoln) (acceptedVersion)
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Funders
Wellcome Trust (082816MA, WT082816MA)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Visual perception and processing mechanisms
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Multisensory perception and integration
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Motor Control and Adaptation
Keywords
optical flow, motion aftereffect, motion adaptation, global motion, motion integration, dot motion, visual cortex, direction selectivity
MeSH terms
Adaptation, Ocular, Analysis of Variance, Form Perception, Humans, Motion Perception, Photic Stimulation, Psychophysics, Optic Flow

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